Isaac D'Israeli: Quotes about age

Isaac D'Israeli was British writer. Explore interesting quotes on age.
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“Theories of genius are the peculiar constructions of our own philosophical times; ages of genius had passed away, and they left no other record than their works; no preconcerted theory described the workings of the imagination to be without imagination, nor did they venture to teach how to invent invention.”

Isaac D'Israeli

Source: The Literary Character, Illustrated by the History of Men of Genius (1795–1822), Ch. IV.

Age , Imagination , Time

“The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.”

Isaac D'Israeli

Quotation; since at least 1986 a paraphrased form misattributed to his son Benjamin Disraeli has often been quoted: "The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations."
Curiosities of Literature (1791–1834)

Wisdom , Age

“An excessive indulgence in the pleasures of social life constitutes the great interests of a luxuriant and opulent age”

Isaac D'Israeli

Source: The Literary Character, Illustrated by the History of Men of Genius (1795–1822), Ch. VIII.

Life , Pleasure , Age

“After the golden age of Latinity, we gradually slide into the silver, and at length precipitately descend into the iron.”

Isaac D'Israeli

Source: The Literary Character, Illustrated by the History of Men of Genius (1795–1822), Ch. III.

Age