"The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces."

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Source : "Essay on the Literary Character" by Isaac D'Israeli, Preface p. xxix, and Vol. I, p. 187, 1795.

Isaac D'Israeli

#Men Quotes #Dunces Quotes #Consolation Quotes

“The more things we can laugh about, the more alive we become: The more things we can laugh about together, the more connected we become.”
“There's nothing like doing something wrong to learn how it might be done better.”
“If you read folklore and mythology, any kind of myths, any kind of tall tales, running is always associated with freedom and vitality and youthfulness and eternal vigor. It's only in our lifetime that running has become associated with fear and pain.”
“Because of what's going on with the economy, I think women are realizing that maybe they don't need a closet full of clothes. They just need the right clothes.”

Source : "One On One with Michael Kors". Interview With Nina Garcia, www.marieclaire.com. August 19, 2009.
“My mom, Emilie, always taught me to think hard about marriage.”

Source : "Alyson Hannigan Followed Mom Emilie Posner's Advice on Marriage to Alexis Denisof" by nationalledger.com, April 30, 2012.
“Almost all war making states borrow extensively, raise taxes, and seize the means of combat - including men - from reluctant citizens...”

Source : Charles Tilly, Arthur L. Stinchcombe (1997). “Roads from Past to Future”, p.149, Rowman & Littlefield
“...she had come long ago to understand that loneliness was the curse of those who were free, even of all those who rose a little above the level of ordinary humanity.”

Source : Louis Bromfield (1957). “The Green Bay Tree Early Autums A Good Woman .”
“We've made three World T20 finals and won one - that's not by power-hitting. We've beaten the power-hitting sides quite easily and convincingly in all of those tournaments.”

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