In the hands of a genius, engineering turns to magic, philosophy becomes poetry, and science pure imagination.
Benjamin DisraeliSome will read only old books, as if there were no valuable truths to be discovered in modern publications: others will only read new books, as if some valuable truths are not among the old. Some will not read a book because they know the author: others . . . would also read the man.
Benjamin DisraeliThere are amusing people who do not interest, and interesting people who do not amuse
Benjamin Disraeli