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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Finality is not the language of politics.

Finality is not the language of politics.

A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely...

A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely...

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...

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...

Christianity is completed Judaism, or it is nothing

Christianity is completed Judaism, or it is nothing

Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant...

Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant...

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.

We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only...

We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only...

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...

Experience is the child of Thought, and Thought is the child of Action. We cannot...

Experience is the child of Thought, and Thought is the child of Action. We cannot...

Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.

Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.

When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire...

When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire...

Never take anything for granted.

Never take anything for granted.

We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be...

We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be...

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action

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

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

Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.

Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.

Where knowledge ends, religion begins

Where knowledge ends, religion begins

Fear makes us feel our humanity.

Fear makes us feel our humanity.