Centuries have not worm-eaten the solidity of this ancient furniture of the mind. – Isaac D’Israeli
It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us. – Isaac Disraeli
Centuries have not worm-eaten the solidity of this ancient furniture of the mind. – Isaac D’Israeli
It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us. – Isaac Disraeli
To think, and to feel, constitute the two grand divisions of men of genius – the men of reasoning and the men of imagination. – Isaac DIsraeli
The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation. – Isaac DIsraeli
That part of a work of one author found in another is not of itself piracy, or sufficient to support an action; a man may adopt part of the work of another; he may so make use of another’s labors for the promotion of science and the benefit of the public. – Lord Ellenborough, quoted in Bouvier’s Law Dictionary by John Bouvier, 8th
How do people go to sleep? I’m afraid I’ve lost the knack. I might try busting myself smartly over the temple with the night-light. I might repeat to myself, slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound; if I can remember any of the damn things. – Dorothy Parker, Here Lies, 1939