An author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother who talks about her own children.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and...

The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and...

A majority is always better than the best repartee.

A majority is always better than the best repartee.

Customs may not be as wise as laws, but they are always more popular

Customs may not be as wise as laws, but they are always more popular

London is a roost for every bird.

London is a roost for every bird.

There is no education like adversity.

There is no education like adversity.

Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man

Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man

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...

Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret

Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret

The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame, -a quality...

The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame, -a quality...

The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.

The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.

London is a modern Babylon.

London is a modern Babylon.

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.

Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.

I feel a very unusual sensation - if it's not indigestion, I think it must...

I feel a very unusual sensation - if it's not indigestion, I think it must...

You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities...

You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities...

There can be economy only where there is efficiency.

There can be economy only where there is efficiency.

Were it not for music, we might in these days say, the beautiful is dead.

Were it not for music, we might in these days say, the beautiful is dead.

Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.

Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.

Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.

Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.

Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than...

Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than...