Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

Topics: Life Quotes, Manners Quotes

Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.

Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.

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

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

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

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

The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of...

The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of...

We moralize among ruins.

We moralize among ruins.

Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.

Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.

I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise;...

I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise;...

For life in general, there is but one decree; youth is a blunder, manhood a...

For life in general, there is but one decree; youth is a blunder, manhood a...

Judaism is not complete without Christianity and without Judaism, Christianity would not exist

Judaism is not complete without Christianity and without Judaism, Christianity would not exist

No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is...

No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is...

To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is...

To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is...

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages, may be preserved through...

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages, may be preserved through...

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.

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...

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

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

When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire...

When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire...

There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not...

There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not...

Duty cannot exist without faith.

Duty cannot exist without faith.

There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice.

There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice.

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

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