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| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| NUMBER: | 1279 |
| AUTHOR: | Benjamin Disraeli (1804–81) |
| QUOTATION: | Then there was a maiden speech, so inaudible, that it was doubted whether, after all, the young orator really did lose his virginity. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | BENJAMIN DISRAELI, The Young Duke, chapter 6, p. 19 (1859). First published in 1831. |
| SUBJECTS: | Oratory |
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