What is earnest is not always true on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth. – Benjamin Disraeli
You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life. – Benjamin Disraeli
It destroys ones nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being. – Benjamin Disraeli
In the first book of my Discworld series, published more than 26 years ago, I introduced Death as a character there was nothing particularly new about this – death has featured in art and literature since medieval times, and for centuries we have had a fascination with the Grim Reaper. – Terry Pratchett