We moralize among ruins.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

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His Christianity was muscular

His Christianity was muscular

We are all born for love... it is the principle existence and it's only end.

We are all born for love... it is the principle existence and it's only end.

But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is...

But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is...

The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the...

The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the...

I say that justice is truth in action.

I say that justice is truth in action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

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

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

Nothing can resist the human will that will stake even its existence on its stated...

Nothing can resist the human will that will stake even its existence on its stated...

To supervise people, you must either surpass them in their accomplishments or despise them.

To supervise people, you must either surpass them in their accomplishments or despise them.

Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.

Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.

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

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

'A sound Conservative government,' said Taper, musingly. 'I understand: Tory men and Whig measures.'

'A sound Conservative government,' said Taper, musingly. 'I understand: Tory men and Whig measures.'

There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice.

There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice.

The right honourable gentleman is reminiscent of a poker. The only difference is that a...

The right honourable gentleman is reminiscent of a poker. The only difference is that a...

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.

An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother...

An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother...

Had it not been for you, I should have remained what I was when we...

Had it not been for you, I should have remained what I was when we...

Your lordship, though not clean past your youth, have yet some smack of age in...

Your lordship, though not clean past your youth, have yet some smack of age in...

Jazz is the folk music of the machine age.

Jazz is the folk music of the machine age.

No officer, my speech isn't slurred. I'm just talking in cursive.

No officer, my speech isn't slurred. I'm just talking in cursive.