You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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Memory cannot exist without endurance of the things perceived, and the thing perceived cannot remain...

Memory cannot exist without endurance of the things perceived, and the thing perceived cannot remain...

We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing...

We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing...

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

We can bear to be deprived of everything but our self-conceit.

We can bear to be deprived of everything but our self-conceit.

If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes,...

If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes,...

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in...

An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in...

The truly proud man knows neither superiors nor inferiors. The first he does not admit...

The truly proud man knows neither superiors nor inferiors. The first he does not admit...

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would...

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would...

The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation.

The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation.

Reflection makes men cowards.

Reflection makes men cowards.

The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are...

The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are...

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

The essence of poetry is will and passion.

The essence of poetry is will and passion.

A scholar is like a book written in a dead language. It is not every...

A scholar is like a book written in a dead language. It is not every...

When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a...

When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a...

Genius, like humanity, rusts for the want of use

Genius, like humanity, rusts for the want of use

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

Genius may conceive but patient labor must consummate

Genius may conceive but patient labor must consummate