News is that which comes from the North, East, West and South, and if it comes from only one point on the compass, then it is a class ; publication and not news. – Benjamin Disraeli
The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools. – Benjamin Disraeli
That fatal drollery called a representative government. – Benjamin Disraeli
Wine is a part of society because it provides a basis not only for a morality but also for an environment; it is an ornament in the slightest ceremonials of French daily life, from the snack to the feast, from the conversation at the local caf? to the speech at a formal dinner. – Roland Barthes