Maxioms by Isaac D'israeli
The golden hour of invention must terminate like other hours, and
when the man of genius returns to the read more
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.
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.
The act of contemplation then creates the thing created.
The act of contemplation then creates the thing created.
Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be
criticised.
Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be
criticised.
The great man who thinks greatly of himself, is not diminishing
that greatness in heaping fuel on his fire.
The great man who thinks greatly of himself, is not diminishing
that greatness in heaping fuel on his fire.
