John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield Disraeli. (1804–1881) (continued) |
| imagination that can at all times command an interminable and inconsistent series of arguments to malign an opponent and to glorify himself. |
| Speech at Riding School, London, July 27, 1878. |
| 6364 |
| A series of congratulatory regrets. |
| Lord Hartington’s Resolutions on the Berlin Treaty, July 30, 1878. |
| 6365 |
| The hare-brained chatter of irresponsible frivolity. |
| Speech, Guildhall, London, Nov. 9, 1878. |
| 6366 |
| The microcosm of a public school. |
| Vivian Grey, Book i. Chap. ii. |
| 6367 |
| I hate definitions. |
| Vivian Grey, Book ii. Chap. vi. |
| 6368 |
| Experience is the child of Thought, and Thought is the child of Action. We can not learn men from books. |
| Vivian Grey, Book v. Chap. i. |
| 6369 |
| Variety is the mother of Enjoyment. |
| Vivian Grey, Book v. Chap. iv. |
| 6370 |
| There is moderation even in excess. |
| Vivian Grey, Book vi. Chap. i. |
| 6371 |
| I repeat … that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist. 1 |
| Vivian Grey, Book vi. Chap. vii. |
| 6372 |
| Man is not the creature of circumstances. Circumstances are the creatures of men. |
| Vivian Grey, Book vi. Chap. vii. |
| 6373 |
| The disappointment of manhood succeeds to the delusion of youth: let us hope that the heritage of old age is not despair. |
| Vivian Grey, Book viii. Chap. iv. |
| 6374 |
| A dark horse 2 which had never been thought of, and which the careless St. James had never even observed in the list, rushed past the grand stand in sweeping triumph. |
| The young Duke. Book i. Chap. v. |
| Note 1. See Webster, page 532. Also Theodore Parker, page 694 and Lincoln, page 661. [back] |
| Note 2. A political phrase common in the United States. [back] |