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... →
Benjamin Disraeli
Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.
Man is only great when he acts from passion.
Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.
To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their... →
Great countries are those that produce great people.
Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after... →