Love at first sight is only realizing an imagination that has always haunted us; or meeting with a face, a figure, or cast of expression in perfection that we have seen and admired in a less degree or in less…

Quote by William Hazlitt

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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...

Anyone who has passed though the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not...

Anyone who has passed though the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not...

If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If...

If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If...

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

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

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...

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,...

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.

The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires...

The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires...

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating.

Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating.

The incentive to ambition is the love of power.

The incentive to ambition is the love of power.

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

An accomplished coquette excites the passions of others, in proportion as she feels none herself

An accomplished coquette excites the passions of others, in proportion as she feels none herself

We often choose a friend as we do a mistress - for no particular excellence...

We often choose a friend as we do a mistress - for no particular excellence...

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...

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...

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

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

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

The public have neither shame or gratitude.

The public have neither shame or gratitude.

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...