Footnotes
[606:1] See Burton, page [189].
[606:2] In April, 1844, Mr. Disraeli thus alluded to Lord Stanley: "The noble lord is the Rupert of debate."
BENJAMIN DISRAELI (EARL BEACONSFIELD). 1805-1881.
Free trade is not a principle, it is an expedient.[607:1]
On Import Duties, April 25, 1843.
The noble lord[607:2] is the Rupert of debate.[607:3]
Speech, April, 1844.
A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.
Speech, March 17, 1845.
A precedent embalms a principle.
Speech, Feb. 22, 1848.
It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
Speech, Jan. 24, 1860.
The characteristic of the present age is craving credulity.
Speech, Nov. 25, 1864.
Assassination has never changed the history of the world.
Speech, May, 1865.
I see before me the statue of a celebrated minister,[607:4] who said that confidence was a plant of slow growth. But I believe, however gradual may be the growth of confidence, that of credit requires still more time to arrive at maturity.
Speech, Nov. 9, 1867.
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The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
Speech, June 24, 1870.
The author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother who talks about her own children.
Speech, Nov. 19, 1870.
Apologies only account for that which they do not alter.
Speech, July 28, 1871.
Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man.
Speech, April 3, 1872.
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.[608:1]
Vivian Grey. Book vi. Chap. vii.
Man is not the creature of circumstances. Circumstances are the creatures of men.
Vivian Grey. Book vi. Chap. vii.
The disappointment of manhood succeeds to the delusion of youth: let us hope that the heritage of old age is not despair.
Vivian Grey. Book viii. Chap. iv.
The first favourite was never heard of, the second favourite was never seen after the distance post, all the ten-to-oners were in the rear, and a dark horse[608:2] which had never been thought of, and which the careless St. James had never even observed in the list, rushed past the grand stand in sweeping triumph.
The Young Duke. Book i. Chap. v.
Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.
Contarini Fleming. Part iv. Chap. v.
Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret.
Coningsby. Book iii. Chap. i.
But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day, and the race a life.
Sybil. Book i. Chap. ii.
Only think of Cockie Graves having gone and done it!
Sybil. Book i. Chap. ii.
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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.
Sybil. Book i. Chap. iii.
The Egremonts had never said anything that was remembered, or done anything that could be recalled.
Sybil. Book i. Chap. iii.
If the history of England be ever written by one who has the knowledge and the courage,—and both qualities are equally requisite for the undertaking,—the world will be more astonished than when reading the Roman annals by Niebuhr.
Sybil. Book i. Chap. iii.
That earliest shock in one's life which occurs to all of us; which first makes us think.
Sybil. Book i. Chap. v.
To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.
Sybil. Book i. Chap. v.
Principle is ever my motto, not expediency.
Sybil. Book ii. Chap. ii.
Property has its duties as well as its rights.[609:1]
Sybil. Book ii. Chap. xi.
Mr. Kremlin was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.[609:2]
Sybil. Book iv. Chap. v.
Everything comes if a man will only wait.[609:3]
Tancred. Book iv. Chap. viii. (1847.)
That when a man fell into his anecdotage, it was a sign for him to retire.
Lothair. Chap. xxviii.
You know who critics are?—the men who have failed in literature and art.[609:4]
Lothair. Chap. xxxv.
His Christianity was muscular.
Endymion. Chap. xiv.
The Athanasian Creed is the most splendid ecclesiastical lyric ever poured forth by the genius of man.
Endymion. Chap. lii.
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The world is a wheel, and it will all come round right.
Endymion. Chap. lxx.
"As for that," said Waldenshare, "sensible men are all of the same religion." "Pray, what is that?" inquired the Prince. "Sensible men never tell."[610:1]
Endymion. Chap. lxxxi.
The sweet simplicity of the three per cents.[610:2]
Endymion. Chap. xcvi.