It does not at first appear that an astronomer rapt in abstraction, while he gazes on a star, must feel more exquisite delight than a farmer who is conducting his team.
The negroes are lovers of ludicrous actions, and hence all their ceremonies seem farcical. - Isaac D'Israeli
The negroes are lovers of ludicrous actions, and hence all their ceremonies seem farcical.
- Isaac D'Israeli
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 t… - Isaac D'Israeli
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 t…
All this is labour which never meets the eye.... But too open and generous a revelation of the chapter and the page of the original quoted, has often… - Isaac D'Israeli
All this is labour which never meets the eye.... But too open and generous a revelation of the chapter and the page of the original quoted, has often…
Self-love is a principle of action; but among no class of human beings has nature so profusely distributed this principle of life and action as throu… - Isaac D'Israeli
Self-love is a principle of action; but among no class of human beings has nature so profusely distributed this principle of life and action as throu…
The Self-Educated are marked by stubborn peculiarities. - Isaac D'Israeli
The Self-Educated are marked by stubborn peculiarities.
The act of contemplation then creates the thing created. - Isaac D'Israeli
The act of contemplation then creates the thing created.
Beware of the man of one book. [Lat., Home unius libri, or, cave ab homine unius libri.] - Isaac D'Israeli
Beware of the man of one book. [Lat., Home unius libri, or, cave ab homine unius libri.]
Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised. - Isaac D'Israeli
Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised.
One may quote till one compiles. - Isaac D'Israeli
One may quote till one compiles.
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