Benjamin Disraeli
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4 quotes we’ve traced to Benjamin Disraeli
“Half of the Town Councilors Are Not Fools”
Disputed“If You Are Not a Liberal at 25, You Have No Heart. If You Are Not a Conservative at 35 You Have No Brain”
Disputed“Thank You for the Gift Book. I Shall Lose No Time In Reading It”
Disputed“What Is the Difference Between a Misfortune and a Calamity?”
DisputedNot actually Benjamin Disraeli
Often misattributed to Benjamin Disraeli
Famous lines widely pinned on Benjamin Disraeli that we’ve traced to someone else.
“Half of the Town Councilors Are Not Fools”
Unknown — popularly credited to Benjamin Disraeli
“He Is a Self-Made Man.” “Yes, And He Worships His Creator”
actually Henry Clapp
“I Wish I Was As Sure of Any One Thing As He is of Everything”
actually William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
“If You Are Not a Liberal at 25, You Have No Heart. If You Are Not a Conservative at 35 You Have No Brain”
Unknown — popularly credited to Benjamin Disraeli
“Thank You for the Gift Book. I Shall Lose No Time In Reading It”
actually Unknown (an unnamed Victorian botanist)
“What Is the Difference Between a Misfortune and a Calamity?”
actually Unknown — an anonymous French wit
“You Shall Either Die Upon the Gallows or of the Pox”
actually John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich
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