A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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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...

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

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.

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

Fashion is gentility running away from vulgarity and afraid of being overtaken

Fashion is gentility running away from vulgarity and afraid of being overtaken

I would like to spend the whole of my life traveling, if I could anywhere...

I would like to spend the whole of my life traveling, if I could anywhere...

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite

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...

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...

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...

Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the...

Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the...

It is not the errors of others, but our own miscalculations, on which we wreak...

It is not the errors of others, but our own miscalculations, on which we wreak...

There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may...

There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may...

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite.

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite.

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...

Those who can command themselves command others.

Those who can command themselves command others.

The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less...

The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less...

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...

A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my dear,...

A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my dear,...

No wise man can have a contempt for the prejudices of others; and he should...

No wise man can have a contempt for the prejudices of others; and he should...