Isaac D'Israeli

Great collections of books are subject to certain accidents
besides the damp, the worms, and the rats; one not read more

Great collections of books are subject to certain accidents
besides the damp, the worms, and the rats; one not less common is
that of the borrowers, not to say a word of the purloiners.

Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius
can appear.

Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius
can appear.

The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the
antagonist so much as the rival read more

The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the
antagonist so much as the rival of the author.

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.

Miscellanists are the most popular writers among every people;
for it is they who form a communication between the read more

Miscellanists are the most popular writers among every people;
for it is they who form a communication between the learned and
the unlearned, and, as it were, throw a bridge between those two
great divisions of the public.