"Happy the man when he has not the…" — Isaac D'Israeli
"Happy the man when he has not the defects of his qualities."
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53 Quotes by Isaac D'Israeli
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Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius.
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Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.
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Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius, throwing the reader of a book,…
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Philosophy becomes poetry, and science imagination, in the enthusiasm of genius.
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The golden hour of invention must terminate like other hours, and when the man of genius returns to the cares,…
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To think, and to feel, constitute the two grand divisions of men of genius-the men of reasoning and the men…
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Every work of Genius is tinctured by the feelings, and often originates in the events of times.
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The act of contemplation then creates the thing created.
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Solitude is the nurse of enthusiasm, enthusiasm is the true part of genius.
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There is a society in the deepest solitude.
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The delights of reading impart the vivacity of youth even to old age.
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If the golden gate of preferment is not usually opened to men of real merit, persons of no worth have…
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More Defects Quotes
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Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people's, if we are always criticizing trivial actions - which…
— Teresa of Avila
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Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it…
— Teresa of Avila
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All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want…
— John Adams
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In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external…
— Saint Basil
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet…
— Joseph Addison
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It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality.
— Max Beerbohm
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There's a gender in your brain and a gender in your body. For 99 percent of people, those things are…
— Chaz Bono
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At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects…
— Albert Camus
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I'm used to always deciding everything myself. It's a blessing, but also a terrible defect.
— Roberto Cavalli
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I'm a man with many defects. I love. I sing. I dream. I was born in the poor countryside. I…
— Hugo Chavez
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As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power of the male seed tends to…
— Thomas Aquinas
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Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather…
— Margaret Halsey
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