Books are fatal: they are the curse of the human race. Nine-tenths of existing books are nonsense, and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense. The greatest misfortune that ever befell man was the invention of printing.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is...

But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is...

Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him,...

Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him,...

We cannot learn men from books.

We cannot learn men from books.

To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is...

To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is...

My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business...

My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business...

We are all born for love... it is the principle existence and it's only end.

We are all born for love... it is the principle existence and it's only end.

We moralize among ruins.

We moralize among ruins.

There is no education like adversity.

There is no education like adversity.

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.

King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the...

King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the...

Without tact you can learn nothing.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must...

Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must...

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.

Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.

It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.

It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.

An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother...

An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother...

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.

If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory.

If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory.

The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat...

The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat...