The true barbarian is he who thinks everything barbarous but his own tastes and prejudices.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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I do not think that what is called Love at first sight is so great...

I do not think that what is called Love at first sight is so great...

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.

The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of...

The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of...

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they...

There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they...

Every one in a crowd has the power to throw dirt: nine out of ten...

Every one in a crowd has the power to throw dirt: nine out of ten...

The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet.

The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet.

Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the...

Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the...

The incentive to ambition is the love of power.

The incentive to ambition is the love of power.

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...

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

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.

Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my...

Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my...

He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a...

He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a...

It is better to be able neither to read nor write than to be able...

It is better to be able neither to read nor write than to be able...

There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have...

There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have...

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We...

Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We...

Some one is generally sure to be the sufferer by a joke.

Some one is generally sure to be the sufferer by a joke.