Coningsby, or, The New Generation Quotes

“Life is too short to be little.”
― Benjamin Disraeli, Coningsby, or, The New Generation

“Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions; never irresistible but when he appeals to the imagination.”
― Benjamin Disraeli, Coningsby, or, The New Generation

“Man must ever be the slave of routine: but in old days it was a routine of great thoughts, and now it is a routine of little ones.”
― Benjamin Disraeli, Coningsby, or, The New Generation

“In all things we trace the irresistible influence of the individual.”
― Benjamin Disraeli, Coningsby, or, The New Generation

“So you see, my dear Coningsby, that the world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.”
― Benjamin Disraeli, Coningsby

“Art was to the ancient world, Science is to the modern: the distinctive faculty. In the minds of men the useful has succeeded to the beautiful.”
― Benjamin Disraeli, Coningsby, or, The New Generation

“It is a holy thing to see a state saved by its youth.”
― Benjamin Disraeli, Coningsby, or, The New Generation

“The history of Heroes is the history of Youth.”
― Benjamin Disraeli, Coningsby, or, The New Generation