A member of Parliament to Disraeli: 'Sir, you will either die on the g…

Benjamin Disraeli
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A member of Parliament to Disraeli: 'Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.' That depends, Sir,' said Disraeli, 'whether I embrace your policies or your mistress.
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The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation. ✨ 'Contarini Fleming' (1832) pt. 5, ch. 10
Adventures are to the adventurous. ✨ Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield) (1886). Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield: Collected from His Writings and Speeches
Worry - a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and lightness from the pulse; it takes away the appetite, and turns the hair gray.
The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame,-a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others. ✨ Benjamin Disraeli (1845). Sybil, Or, The Two Nations, … ▶
Coalitions though successful have always found this, that their triumph has been brief. ✨ Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield) (1920). The wisdom of Disraeli: or, A great policy for a great party

A member of Parliament to Disraeli: 'Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.' That depends, Sir,' said Disraeli, 'whether I embrace your policies or your mistress.

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