Quotes by british authors

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard. Benjamin Disraeli

Life Life Is Hard Manners Nowadays Easy Hard

A majority is always better than the best repartee. Benjamin Disraeli

Best Better Majority Always Repartee Than

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. Benjamin Disraeli

Life Politics Business Political Philosophical Liberalism Kind Introduction Objection Highest Instead Namely Ideas Practical Principles

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me. Benjamin Disraeli

Me Idea Person Who Agree Agreeable

Man is only great when he acts from passion. Benjamin Disraeli

Wisdom Great Man Passion Only He Acts

In politics nothing is contemptible. Benjamin Disraeli

Politics Nothing Contemptible

Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race. Bertrand Russell

Happiness People Disguise Hatred Other Contempt Human Race Human Race Elegant

Honor thy error as a hidden intention. Brian Eno

Honor Hidden Thy Error Intention

Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married. C. Northcote Parkinson

Politics Result Men Local Solely Enter Married Being

There is a social need within our lives as human beings to have harmony. Cat Stevens

Harmony Our Our Lives Within Human Human Beings Social Beings Lives Need

A person who steals bread during a famine is not treated as a thief. Cat Stevens

Thief Steals Person Famine Bread Who Treated

Judge me on what I do and I think you will be pleased and proud of me. Catherine Ashton

Me You Judge Will Think Pleased Judge Me Proud

Men know not the gold which lies in the mine of Christ Jesus, or surely they would dig in it night and day. They have not yet discovered the pearl of great price, or they would have sold their all to buy the field wherein it lies. Charles Spurgeon

You might not always get what you want, but you always get what you expect. Charles Spurgeon

You Always Expect Get Want Might

I believe that nothing happens apart from divine determination and decree. We shall never be able to escape from the doctrine of divine predestination - the doctrine that God has foreordained certain people unto eternal life. Charles Spurgeon

I believe that some of us who were kept by God a long while before we found Him love Him better perhaps than we should have done if we had received Him directly, and we can preach better to others - we can speak more of His loving-kindness and tender mercy. Charles Spurgeon

Love God Speak Better Long Mercy Before Preach Believe Others Some More Directly Tender Had Perhaps Him Were His Than Done While Us Should Who Found Received Kept

Do you not realize that the love the Father bestowed on the perfect Christ He now bestows on you? Charles Spurgeon

Love You Christ Father Bestowed Perfect He Realize Now

What an encouraging thought that Jesus - our beloved Husband - can find comfort in our lowly feeble gifts! Can this be, for it seems far too good to be true? May we then be willing to endure trials or even death itself if through these hardships we are assisted in bringing gladness to Immanuel's heart. Charles Spurgeon

Death Good Heart Trials Hardships Thought Husband Be True Too Our Gifts Willing Find Seems Through Gladness Feeble True Comfort Encouraging Itself May Endure Far Then Lowly Even Jesus Bringing Assisted Beloved

We have communion with Christ in His thoughts, views, and purposes; for His thoughts are our thoughts according to our capacity and sanctity. Believers take the same view of matters as Jesus does; that which pleases Him pleases them, and that which grieves His grieves them also. Charles Spurgeon

Thoughts Christ Matters Sanctity Our Pleases Purposes Take Also Him Does His According Same Grieves Which Them Capacity Communion View Views Believers Jesus