Those who speak ill of the spiritual life, although they come and go by day, are like the smith's bellows: they take breath but are not alive.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars the scholar of...

The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars the scholar of...

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Defoe says that there were a hundred thousand country fellows in his time ready to...

Defoe says that there were a hundred thousand country fellows in his time ready to...

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with...

To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with...

Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.

Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.

Reflection makes men cowards.

Reflection makes men cowards.

We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation.

We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation.

You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures...

You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures...

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 want of use.

Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does...

He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does...

Almost every sect of Christianity is a perversion of its essence, to accommodate it to...

Almost every sect of Christianity is a perversion of its essence, to accommodate it to...

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

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

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

Grace in women has more effect than beauty.

Grace in women has more effect than beauty.

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...