Benjamin Disraeli : (9) " The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes. " - Benjamin Disraeli " Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. " - Benjamin Disraeli " A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance. " - Benjamin Disraeli " Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness. " - Benjamin Disraeli " Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory. " - Benjamin Disraeli " Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes. " - Benjamin Disraeli " Great countries are those that produce great people. " - Benjamin Disraeli " Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret. " - Benjamin Disraeli " A precedent embalms a principle. " - Benjamin Disraeli