Despair is the conclusion of fools

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

Topics: Despair Quotes

Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.

Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.

We cannot learn men from books.

We cannot learn men from books.

The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with...

The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with...

If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory.

If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory.

Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.

Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.

Worry - a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and...

Worry - a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and...

I say that justice is truth in action.

I say that justice is truth in action.

You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities...

You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities...

The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.

The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.

Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.

Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.

Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must...

Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must...

Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.

Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.

Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than...

Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than...

No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.

No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.

Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.

Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.

Never take anything for granted.

Never take anything for granted.

Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret

Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret

I would there were no age between ten and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep...

I would there were no age between ten and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep...

Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.

Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.