Benjamin Disraeli, English prime minister and author

“‘Tis the same with human beings as with books. All of us encounter, at least once in our life, some individual who utters words that make us think forever. There are men whose phrases are oracles; who condense in a sentence the secrets of life; who blurt out an aphorism that forms a character or illustrates an existence.” (from “Coningsby,” 1844)

Dec. 21, 1804-April 19, 1881