Isaac Disraeli
Isaac Disraeli
Isaac D'Israeliwas a British writer, scholar and man of letters. He is best known for his essays, his associations with other men of letters, and as the father of British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli...
feelings events genius
Every work of Genius is tinctured by the feelings, and often originates in the events of times.
real men golden
If the golden gate of preferment is not usually opened to men of real merit, persons of no worth have entered it in a most extraordinary manner.
self stubborn educated
The Self-Educated are marked by stubborn peculiarities.
wise art eye
The art of meditation may be exercised at all hours, and in all places, and men of genius, in their walks, at table, and amidst assemblies, turning the eye of the the mind upwards, can form an artificial solitude; retired amidst a crowd, calm amidst distraction, and wise amidst folly.
literature way folly
It is fortunate that Literature is in no ways injured by the follies of Collectors, since though they preserve the worthless, they necessarily defend the good.
criticism candour gems
Candour is the brightest gem of criticism.
lovers action ceremony
The negroes are lovers of ludicrous actions, and hence all their ceremonies seem farcical.
greatness men thinking
The great man who thinks greatly of himself, is not diminishing that greatness in heaping fuel on his fire.
education age genius
Education, however indispensable in a cultivated age, produces nothing on the side of genius. When education ends, genius often begins.
friendship feelings manners
Literary friendship is a sympathy not of manners, but of feelings.
poetry soul poet
A poet is a painter of the soul.
book eye light
Golden volumes! richest treasures, Objects of delicious pleasures! You my eyes rejoicing please, You my hand in rapture seize! Brilliant wits and musing sages, Lights who beam'd through many ages! Left to your conscious leaves their story, And dared to trust you with their glory; And now their hope of fame achiev'd, Dear volumes! you have not deceived!
taken men may
A nickname a man may chance to wear out; but a system of calumnity, pursued by a faction, may descend even to posterity. This principal has taken full effect on this state favorite.
book rats common
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