The disappointment of manhood succeeds the delusion of youth.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

Topics: Delusion Quotes, Disappointment Quotes

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

I feel a very unusual sensation - if it's not indigestion, I think it must...

I feel a very unusual sensation - if it's not indigestion, I think it must...

Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.

Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.

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...

A majority is always better than the best repartee.

A majority is always better than the best repartee.

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.

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...

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...

His Christianity was muscular

His Christianity was muscular

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.

Were it not for music, we might in these days say, the beautiful is dead.

Were it not for music, we might in these days say, the beautiful is dead.

I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded.

I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded.

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...

Sir, I say that justice is truth in action

Sir, I say that justice is truth in action

The art of quotation requires more delicacy in the practice than those conceived who could...

The art of quotation requires more delicacy in the practice than those conceived who could...

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

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

Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is...

Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is...

We moralize among ruins.

We moralize among ruins.

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.

Travel teaches toleration.

Travel teaches toleration.