A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we do not believe in it, it still haunts our apprehensions.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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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.

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force...

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force...

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

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

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...

Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers.

Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers.

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...

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

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

We are not hypocrites in our sleep

We are not hypocrites in our sleep

Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is...

Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is...

There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we...

There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we...

The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness than the...

The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness than the...

I should like to spend the whole of my life in traveling abroad, if I...

I should like to spend the whole of my life in traveling abroad, if I...

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...

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

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...

The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never...

The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never...

There is not a more mean, stupid, dastardly, pitiful, selfish, spiteful, envious, ungrateful animal than...

There is not a more mean, stupid, dastardly, pitiful, selfish, spiteful, envious, ungrateful animal than...

And when distress afflicts you in the sea, away go those whom you call on...

And when distress afflicts you in the sea, away go those whom you call on...

One ungrateful man does an injury to all who stand in need of aid.

One ungrateful man does an injury to all who stand in need of aid.