Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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Those who speak ill of the spiritual life, although they come and go by day,...

Those who speak ill of the spiritual life, although they come and go by day,...

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure...

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure...

Walk groundly, talk profoundly, drink roundly, sleep soundly.

Walk groundly, talk profoundly, drink roundly, sleep soundly.

No truly great person ever thought themselves so.

No truly great person ever thought themselves so.

You will hear more good things on the outside of a stagecoach from London to...

You will hear more good things on the outside of a stagecoach from London to...

Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our...

Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our...

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,...

We must be doing something to be happy.

We must be doing something to be happy.

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 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...

The ignorance of the world leaves one at the mercy of its malice

The ignorance of the world leaves one at the mercy of its malice

Love at first sight is only realizing an imagination that has always haunted us; or...

Love at first sight is only realizing an imagination that has always haunted us; or...

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

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

To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to...

To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to...

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not...

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not...

To great evils we submit; we resent little provocations

To great evils we submit; we resent little provocations

A wrong - doer is often a man that has left something undone, not always...

A wrong - doer is often a man that has left something undone, not always...

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.