Isaac D'Israeli ( 10 of 27 )
There is a society in the deepest solitude.
There is a society in the deepest solitude.
To think, and to feel, constitute the two grand divisions of men
of genius--the men of reasoning and the read more
To think, and to feel, constitute the two grand divisions of men
of genius--the men of reasoning and the men of imagination.
Every work of Genius is tinctured by the feelings, and often
originates in the events of times.
Every work of Genius is tinctured by the feelings, and often
originates in the events of times.
But, indeed, we prefer books to pounds; and we love manuscripts
better than florins; and we prefer small pamphlets read more
But, indeed, we prefer books to pounds; and we love manuscripts
better than florins; and we prefer small pamphlets to war horses.
Great collections of books are subject to certain accidents
besides the damp, the worms, and the rats; one not read more
Great collections of books are subject to certain accidents
besides the damp, the worms, and the rats; one not less common is
that of the borrowers, not to say a word of the purloiners.
Miscellanists are the most popular writers among every people;
for it is they who form a communication between the read more
Miscellanists are the most popular writers among every people;
for it is they who form a communication between the learned and
the unlearned, and, as it were, throw a bridge between those two
great divisions of the public.
The Plagiarism of orators is the art, or an ingenious and easy
mode, which some adroitly employ to change, read more
The Plagiarism of orators is the art, or an ingenious and easy
mode, which some adroitly employ to change, or disguise, all
sorts of speeches or their own composition, or that of other
authors, for their pleasure, or their utility; in such a manner
that it becomes impossible even for the author himself to
recognize his own work, his own genius, and his own style, so
skillfully shall the whole be disguised.
- Isaac D'Israeli,
Literature is an avenue to glory, ever open for those ingenious
men who are deprived of honours or of read more
Literature is an avenue to glory, ever open for those ingenious
men who are deprived of honours or of wealth.
Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius
can appear.
Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius
can appear.
Time the great destroyer of other men's happiness, only enlarges
the patrimony of literature to its possessor.
Time the great destroyer of other men's happiness, only enlarges
the patrimony of literature to its possessor.
