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Quotes from Vivian Grey — Benjamin Disraeli

1804–1881 England

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16 quotes

Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of Grief the blunder of a life.

Vivian Grey (1826)

The disappointment of manhood succeeds to the delusion of youth: let us hope that the heritage of old age is not despair.

Vivian Grey (1826)

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.

Vivian Grey (1826)

The Services in war time are fit only for desperadoes but, in peace, are fit only for fools.

Vivian Grey (1826)

There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.

Vivian Grey (1826)

A consistent man believes in Destiny — a capricious man in Chance.

Vivian Grey (1826)

Experience is the child of Thought, and Thought is the child of Action. We can not learn men from books.

Vivian Grey (1826)

Beware of endeavouring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed: these are fearful odds.

Vivian Grey (1826)

Like all great travellers I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.

Vivian Grey (1826)

I repeat that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people, and for the people all springs, and all must exist.

Vivian Grey (1826)

In politics nothing is contemptible.

Vivian Grey (1826)

There is moderation even in excess.

Vivian Grey (1826)

The microcosm of a public school.

Vivian Grey (1826)

A man's fate is his own temper.

Vivian Grey (1826)

Fear makes us feel our humanity.

Vivian Grey (1826)

Variety is the mother of Enjoyment.

Vivian Grey (1826)

Attribution

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