O Music! Miraculous art! A blast of thy trumpet and millions rush forward to die; a peal of thy organ and uncounted nations sink down to pray

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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Mediocrity can talk; but it is for genius to observe

Mediocrity can talk; but it is for genius to observe

The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit...

The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit...

I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget.

I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget.

Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to...

Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to...

Ignorance never settles a question

Ignorance never settles a question

The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.

The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.

The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.

The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.

Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.

Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.

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...

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

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

In politics nothing is contemptible.

In politics nothing is contemptible.

The disappointment of manhood succeeds the delusion of youth.

The disappointment of manhood succeeds the delusion of youth.

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...

A majority is always better than the best repartee.

A majority is always better than the best repartee.

Books are the curse of the human race.

Books are the curse of the human race.

There is no education like adversity.

There is no education like adversity.

Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

No enemy is so terrible as a man of genius.

No enemy is so terrible as a man of genius.

If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If...

If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If...

Society develops wit, but its contemplation alone forms genius.

Society develops wit, but its contemplation alone forms genius.