The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
From Isaac D'Israeli
Literature is an avenue to glory, ever open for those ingenious men who are deprived of honours or of wealth.
The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.
Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius.
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.
Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.
Their chief residence was Bagdad, where they remained until the eleventh century, an age fatal in Oriental history, from the disasters of which the Princes of the Captivity were not exempt.
Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised.
Happy the man when he has not the defects of his qualities.
Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius can appear.
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