Quote #163
When a man fell into his anecdotage, it was a sign for him to retire.
More from Benjamin Disraeli
- The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
- Books are fatal: they are the curse of the human race. Nine- tenths of existing books are nonsense, and the clever books are the refutation…
- The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
- I have always thought that every woman should marry, and no man.
- London is a roost for every bird.
- You know who critics are?- the men who have failed in literature and art.
- London is a modern Babylon.
- 'My idea of an agreeable person,' said Hugo Bohun, 'is a person who agrees with me.'