8 Quotes & Sayings By Isaac D'israeli

Isaac D'Israeli was an Anglo-Jewish publisher and author of the "D'Israeli Papers" a series of historical novels. Isaac D'Israeli was a well-known and respected politician and statesman, who became the first chairman of the Board of Trade. He is best known as a champion of human rights, and for his championing of Jewish rights in Britain, as well as for his modernising reforms as Lord Brougham. He was one of the nine founders of the Reform synagogue in Lisson Grove, London, now known as the West London Synagogue Read more

The Reform synagogue has been described as his greatest achievement.

There is an art of reading, as well as an...
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There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing. Isaac D'Israeli
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The delights of reading impart the vivacity of youth even to old age. Isaac D'Israeli
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Beware of the man of one book. Isaac D'Israeli
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The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces. Isaac D'Israeli
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The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age. Isaac D'Israeli
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The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation. Isaac D'Israeli
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After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work, for an author can have nothing truly his own but his style. Isaac D'Israeli