Quotes by Disraeli, Isaac

"It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us."

Disraeli, Isaac on excellence   

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"The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them."

Disraeli, Isaac on fools and foolishness   

"Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius."

Disraeli, Isaac on genius   

"The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation."

Disraeli, Isaac on quotations
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"Romance has been elegantly defined as the offspring of fiction and love."

Disraeli, Isaac on romance and romanticism
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"There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing."

Disraeli, Isaac on books - reading
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