Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow.
Benjamin DisraeliRead
There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice.
Interpretation
A person's character can be revealed by the way they speak.
This quote by Benjamin Disraeli highlights the idea that the way a person communicates—through their voice, tone, and choice of words—serves as a reliable reflection of their true character. It suggests that our speech can convey our values, intentions, and emotions, ultimately revealing who we are at our core.
In practice
During a public speaking event to emphasize the importance of communication in leadership.
Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow.
But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day.
Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
Yes, I am a Jew and when the ancestors of the right honorable gentleman were brutal savages in an unknown island, mine were priests in the temple of Solomon.
The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.
I like the spirit of this great London which I feel around me. Who but a coward would pass his whole life in hamlets; and for ever abandon his faculties to the eating rust of obscurity?
Come, let’s be calm: no one incapable of restraint was ever a writer.
For most of us, I think it's easier to admit doing wrong than being stupid.
Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.
One-half of the ills of life come because men are unwilling to sit down quietly for thirty minutes to think through all the possible consequences of their acts.
It is my wish that you may have at better and freer life than I have had. Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience; this was what upheld me in time of misery.
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