Frases de benjamin disraeli sybil

Sybil, or The Two Nations is an 1845 novel by Benjamin Disraeli. Published in the same year as Friedrich Engels's The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844, Sybil traces the plight of the working classes of England.

Frases de benjamin disraeli sybil

As the title suggests, Disraeli is interested in dealing with the horrific conditions in which the majority of England'sworking classes lived — or, what is generally called the Condition of England Question.

Quotes

Book I

• I rather like bad wine; one gets so bored with good wine.

• But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day, and the race a life.

• The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame; a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others.

• The Egremonts had never said anything that was remembered, or done anything that could be recalled.

• To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.