"London is a roost for every bird."
~
Lothair by
Benjamin Disraeli
"Action may not always be happiness," said the general; "but there is no happiness without action."
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Lothair by
Benjamin Disraeli
"The world is devoted to physical science, because it believes these discoveries will increase its capacity of luxury and self-indulgence. But the pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble."
~
Lothair by
Benjamin Disraeli
"My idea of an agreeable person," said Hugo Bohun, "is a person who agrees with me."
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Lothair by
Benjamin Disraeli
"The world is wearied of statesmen; whom democracy has degraded into politicians."
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Lothair by
Benjamin Disraeli
"You know who the critics are? The men who have failed in literature and art."
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Lothair by
Benjamin Disraeli
Indeed, he would sometimes remark, when a man fell into his anecdotage, it was a sign for him to retire from the world.
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Lothair by
Benjamin Disraeli