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.

Quote by Isaac D'Israeli

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Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius.

Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius.

Quotations, like much better things, has its abuses

Quotations, like much better things, has its abuses

Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius.

Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius.

The progress of this famous plant has been something like the progress of truth; suspected...

The progress of this famous plant has been something like the progress of truth; suspected...

Quotations, like much better things, has its abuses

Quotations, like much better things, has its abuses

Romance has been elegantly defined as the offspring of fiction and love.

Romance has been elegantly defined as the offspring of fiction and love.

Romance has been elegantly defined as the offspring of fiction and love.

Romance has been elegantly defined as the offspring of fiction and love.

After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work,...

After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work,...

Great collections of books are subject to certain accidents besides the damp, the worms, and...

Great collections of books are subject to certain accidents besides the damp, the worms, and...

The progress of this famous plant has been something like the progress of truth; suspected...

The progress of this famous plant has been something like the progress of truth; suspected...

After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work,...

After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work,...

People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors

People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else

Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else

Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech.

Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech.

Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your...

Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your...

Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your...

Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your...

Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time,...

Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time,...

The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion...

The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion...

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists...

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists...

But this is an imperfect world, as actors, athletes, priests and presidents soon discover. Writers...

But this is an imperfect world, as actors, athletes, priests and presidents soon discover. Writers...