Benjamin Disraeli:

The more extensive your acquaintance with the works of those who have excelled, the more extensive will be your powers of invention; and the more extensive your powers of invention, the more original will be your thoughts.

— Benjamin Disraeli Modern

British PM

Context

Novel: Contarini Fleming

Date / Period

1832

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1647/1647-h/1647-h.htm

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