| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 254 |
| AUTHOR: | Benjamin Disraeli (180481) |
| QUOTATION: | If you are not very clever, you should be conciliatory. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | BENJAMIN DISRAELI, Endymion (vol. 20 of The Works of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield), chapter 85, p. 153 (1904, reprinted 1976). Originally published 1880. |
| SUBJECTS: | Compromise |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | |
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