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Isaac D'Israeli quotes

British Writer May 11, 1766 – January 19, 1848

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The golden hour of invention must terminate like other hours, and when the man of genius returns to the cares, the duties, the vexations, and the amusements of life, his companions behold him as one of themselves - the creature of habits and infirmities. Isaac D'Israeli
Isaac D'Israeli quote: "Time the great destroyer of other men's happiness, only..."
Time the great destroyer of other men's happiness, only enlarges the patrimony of literature to its possessor. Isaac D'Israeli
Isaac D'Israeli quote: "Happy the man when he has not the defects of his qualities."
Happy the man when he has not the defects of his qualities. Isaac D'Israeli
After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work, for an author can have nothing truly his own but his style. Isaac D'Israeli
Isaac D'Israeli quote: "The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be..."
The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation. Isaac D'Israeli
To think, and to feel, constitute the two grand divisions of men of genius - the men of reasoning and the men of imagination. Isaac D'Israeli
Isaac D'Israeli quote: "The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of..."
The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age. Isaac D'Israeli
Isaac D'Israeli quote: "The delights of reading impart the vivacity of youth even to..."
The delights of reading impart the vivacity of youth even to old age. Isaac D'Israeli
Isaac D'Israeli quote: "The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces."
The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces. Isaac D'Israeli
Certain it is that their power increased always in an exact proportion to the weakness of the Caliphate, and, without doubt, in some of the most distracted periods of the Arabian rule, the Hebrew Princes rose into some degree of local and temporary importance. Isaac D'Israeli
Isaac D'Israeli quote: "It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when..."
It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us. Isaac D'Israeli
Isaac D'Israeli quote: "The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them."
The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them. Isaac D'Israeli
Isaac D'Israeli quote: "Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be..."
Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised. Isaac D'Israeli
Isaac D'Israeli quote: "Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of..."
Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius can appear. Isaac D'Israeli
Isaac D'Israeli quote: "Literature is an avenue to glory, ever open for those..."
Literature is an avenue to glory, ever open for those ingenious men who are deprived of honours or of wealth. Isaac D'Israeli

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