Books are the curse of the human race

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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For life in general, there is but one decree; youth is a blunder, manhood a...

For life in general, there is but one decree; youth is a blunder, manhood a...

Books are fatal: they are the curse of the human race. Nine-tenths of existing books...

Books are fatal: they are the curse of the human race. Nine-tenths of existing books...

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

Finality is not the language of politics.

Finality is not the language of politics.

The world is wearied of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians

The world is wearied of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians

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 is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not...

There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not...

Without tact you can learn nothing.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.

The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.

A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.

A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.

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...

Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.

Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.

I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded.

I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded.

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,...

Worry - a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and...

Worry - a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and...

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches,...

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches,...

Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.

Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.

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.

There is no education like adversity.

There is no education like adversity.

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.