Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

Topics: Life Quotes, Manners Quotes

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

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...

Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.

Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

As for our majority... one is enough.

As for our majority... one is enough.

What we anticipate seldom occurs, what we least expected generally happens.

What we anticipate seldom occurs, what we least expected generally happens.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches...

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches...

The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so...

The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so...

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.

We cannot learn men from books.

We cannot learn men from books.

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.

Nothing can resist the human will that will stake even its existence on its stated...

Nothing can resist the human will that will stake even its existence on its stated...

The greatest of all evils is a weak government

The greatest of all evils is a weak government

In politics nothing is contemptible.

In politics nothing is contemptible.

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...

Had it not been for you, I should have remained what I was when we...

Had it not been for you, I should have remained what I was when we...

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.

Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.

My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business...

My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business...

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.