Man is not the creature of

“Man is not the creature of circumstances. Circumstances are the creatures of men.”     Benjamin “Dizzy” Disraeli

“He is a self-made man, very much in love with his creator.”     Benjamin “Dizzy” Disraeli

“Said Waldershare, ‘Sensible men are all of the same religion.’ ‘And pray what is that?’ … ‘Sensible men never tell.’”     Benjamin “Dizzy” Disraeli

“A man who loses his money, gains, at the least, experience, and sometimes, something better.”     Benjamin “Dizzy” Disraeli

“It is well-known what a middleman is: he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other.”     Benjamin “Dizzy” Disraeli