What did Isaac D'Israeli mean by: It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us. Isaac D'Israeli Literary scholar · England Copy
There is an art of reading, an art of thinking, and an art of writing. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Isaac D'Israeli, Reading, Thinking, Writing, 0 Isaac D'Israeli Literary scholar · England
To bend and prostrate oneself to express sentiments of respect, appears to be a natural motion. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Isaac D'Israeli, Natural, Respect, Submission, 0 Isaac D'Israeli Literary scholar · England
Solitude is the nurse of enthusiasm, enthusiasm is the true part of genius. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Isaac D'Israeli, Enthusiasm, Genius, Solitude, 0 Isaac D'Israeli Literary scholar · England
Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Isaac D'Israeli, Luck, Success, Talent, 0 Isaac D'Israeli Literary scholar · England
Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Isaac D'Israeli, Enthusiasm, Genius, Spirit, 0 Isaac D'Israeli Literary scholar · England
Literary friendship is a sympathy not of manners, but of feelings. Author, December 23, 2023December 29, 2024, Isaac D'Israeli, Feelings, Friendship, Sympathy, 0 Isaac D'Israeli Literary scholar · England
The delights of reading impart the vivacity of youth even to old age. Author, December 23, 2023December 29, 2024, Isaac D'Israeli, Aging, Reading, Youth, 0 Isaac D'Israeli Literary scholar · England
Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Isaac D'Israeli, Criticism, Merit, Reading, 0 Isaac D'Israeli Literary scholar · England
Fine and delicate taste is the fruit of education and experience. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Painter · France
Art is not special sauce applied to ordinary cooking; it is the cooking itself if it is good. William Lethaby Architect · United Kingdom
Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
