No enemy is so terrible as a man of genius.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

Topics: Genius Quotes

Success is the child of audacity.

Success is the child of audacity.

Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.

Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.

That fatal drollery called a representative government.

That fatal drollery called a representative government.

I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget.

I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget.

An author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother...

An author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother...

Life is too short to be little.

Life is too short to be little.

It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.

It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.

The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He...

The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He...

King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the...

King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the...

Play is the beginning of knowledge.

Play is the beginning of knowledge.

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has...

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has...

We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.

We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.

A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.

A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.

There is no education like adversity.

There is no education like adversity.

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action

Man is only great when he acts from passion.

Man is only great when he acts from passion.

A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.

A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.

Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.

Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.

Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.

Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.