"Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them."
"This is to be observed of the Bishop of London, that, though apparently of a spirit somewhat austere, there is in his idiosyncrasy a strange fund of enthusiasm, a quality which ought never to be possessed by an Archbishop of Canterbury, or a Prime Minister of England. The Bishop of London sympathies with everything that is earnest; but what is earnest is not always true; on the contrary error is often more earnest than truth."
3 likes
Source: Benjamin Disraeli's letter to Queen Victoria, November 4, 1868.
About the author
Same author
More quotes by Benjamin Disraeli
"Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think."
"Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action."
"Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth."
"Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke."
"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 Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art."