A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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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...

Dr. Johnson was a lazy learned man who liked to think and talk better than...

Dr. Johnson was a lazy learned man who liked to think and talk better than...

To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest...

To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest...

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...

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,...

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite.

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite.

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

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

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

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...

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with...

To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with...

Genius is a native to the soil where it grows - is fed by the...

Genius is a native to the soil where it grows - is fed by the...

It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better,...

It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better,...

Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may...

Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may...

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.

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...

Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love.

Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love.

The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it...

The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it...

I won't be happy till I'm as famous as God.

I won't be happy till I'm as famous as God.

I always thought I should be treated like a star.

I always thought I should be treated like a star.