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Quotes from Tancred — Benjamin Disraeli

1804–1881 England

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14 quotes

Everything comes if a man will only wait.

Tancred (1847)

The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.

Tancred (1847)

When little is done, little is said; silence is the mother of truth.

Tancred (1847)

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

Tancred (1847)

The character of a woman rapidly develops after marriage, and sometimes seems to change, when in fact it is only complete.

Tancred (1847)

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

Tancred (1847)

That fatal drollery called a representative government.

Tancred (1847)

He was fresh and full of faith that "something would turn up."

Tancred (1847)

He was fash and full of faith that "something would turn up."

Tancred (1847)

A majority is always the best repartee.

Tancred (1847)

Duty cannot exist without faith.

Tancred (1847)

Silence is the mother of Truth.

Tancred (1847)

London is a modern Babylon.

Tancred (1847)

Our morals differ in different counties, in different towns, in different streets, even in different Acts of Parliament. What is moral in London is immoral in Montacute; what is crime among the multitude is only vice among the few.

Tancred (1847)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Benjamin Disraeli (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.