Were it not for music, we might in these days say, the beautiful is dead.

Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

Topics: Inspirational Quotes, Music Quotes

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.

A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.

Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.

Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.

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...

The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so...

The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so...

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...

Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.

Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.

An obedient wife commands her husband

An obedient wife commands her husband

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...

The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the...

The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the...

A precedent embalms a principle.

A precedent embalms a principle.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in...

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in...

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...

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.

Where knowledge ends, religion begins.

Where knowledge ends, religion begins.

Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must...

Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must...

Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.

Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of...

A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of...

Great countries are those that produce great people.

Great countries are those that produce great people.