Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty.
Quote by Benjamin Disraeli
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Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty.
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Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
- 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.
- I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
- Fear makes us feel our humanity.
- The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.
- Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life.
- A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
- My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.
- A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
- A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.
- Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
Best Quotes
- The art world is molting - some would say melting. Galleries are closing museums are scaling back.
- My dad takes care of me as a manager and as a dad. That's his job, you know, to take care of me. He has my best interests at heart.
- We just put General Motors in the hands of people who can't even run our own government.
- I was thinking that when I have children, that I should always dress as a character for them, so they think their mom is Alice in Wonderland or Cinderella.
- Pick the day. Enjoy it - to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come... The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present - and I don't want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future.
- Religiosity turns out to be the best indicator of civic involvement: it's more accurate than education, age, income, gender or race.
- And fifth, we will champion small businesses, America's engine of job growth. That means reducing taxes on business, not raising them. It means simplifying and modernizing the regulations that hurt small business the most. And it means that we must rein in the skyrocketing cost of healthcare by repealing and replacing Obamacare.
- Our pets rely on us entirely for their nutrition. So if you're making your own judgments, that could lead to a mistake. At the same time, we have more control over our pet's diet than we do with our children or with ourselves, so your vet can tell you what is appropriate for your dog and you can assign them that.
- Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.
- Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.