British - Writer | May 11, 1766 - January 19, 1848
Their chief residence was Bagdad, where they remained until the eleventh century, an age fatal in Oriental history, from the disasters of which the Princes of the Captivity were not exempt.
Isaac D'Israeli
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Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised.
CriticismWillWhoReadMeritThose
The Self-Educated are marked by stubborn peculiarities.
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The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
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Happy the man when he has not the defects of his qualities.
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Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius can appear.
MenManGeniusMustBeforeMany
To think, and to feel, constitute the two grand divisions of men of genius - the men of reasoning and the men of imagination.
MenImaginationThinkFeelGenius
The golden hour of invention must terminate like other hours, and when the man of genius returns to the cares, the duties, the vexations, and the amusements of life, his companions behold him as one of themselves - the creature of habits and infirmities.
LifeManGeniusGoldenInvention
Literature is an avenue to glory, ever open for those ingenious men who are deprived of honours or of wealth.
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The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.
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