64 Quotes by Isaac D'Israeli
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The act of contemplation then creates the thing created.
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The great man who thinks greatly of himself, is not diminishing that greatness in heaping fuel on his fire.
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The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.
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An excessive indulgence in the pleasures of social life constitutes the great interests of a luxuriant and opulent age.
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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.
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A circle may be small, yet it may be as mathematically beautiful and perfect as a large one.
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The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
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Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.
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Literary friendship is a sympathy not of manners, but of feelings.
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