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...
solitude
There is a society in the deepest solitude.
nurse solitude enthusiasm
Solitude is the nurse of enthusiasm, enthusiasm is the true part of genius.
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.
natural sentiments oneself
To bend and prostrate oneself to express sentiments of respect, appears to be a natural motion.
lovers action ceremony
The negroes are lovers of ludicrous actions, and hence all their ceremonies seem farcical.
horse war book
But, indeed, we prefer books to pounds; and we love manuscripts better than florins; and we prefer small pamphlets to war horses.
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.
reading great-work states
A great work always leaves us in a state of musing.
poetry soul poet
A poet is a painter of the soul.