| 1 | Welsh triad; later attributed to Benjamin Disraeli | |
| 2 | An even more notable instance than Disraeli is Mohammed. | |
| 3 | British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli is believed to have been the first to use the phrase. | |
| 4 | Benjamin Disraeli, who became Lord Beaconsfield, was, in his youth, poor and struggling and passionately ambitious. | |
| 5 | What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth. (Benjamin Disraeli) |