Maxioms by Isaac D'israeli
The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
It does at first appear that an astronomer rapt in abstraction,
while he gazes on a star, must feel read more
It does at first appear that an astronomer rapt in abstraction,
while he gazes on a star, must feel more exquisite than a farmer
who in conducting his team.
- Isaac D'Israeli,
Philosophy becomes poetry, and science imagination, in the
enthusiasm of genius.
Philosophy becomes poetry, and science imagination, in the
enthusiasm of genius.
The act of contemplation then creates the thing created.
The act of contemplation then creates the thing created.
Style! style! why, all writers will tell you that it is the very
thing which can least of all read more
Style! style! why, all writers will tell you that it is the very
thing which can least of all be changed. A man's style is nearly
as much a part of him as his physiognomy, his figure, the
throbbing of this pulse,--in short, as any part of his being is
at least subjected to the action of the will.
