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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One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect.

One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect.

No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.

No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and...

There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and...

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite.

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite.

The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as...

The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as...

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...

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 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 public is so in awe of its own opinion that it never dares to...

The public is so in awe of its own opinion that it never dares to...

That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be....

That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be....

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

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...

If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.

If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.

Prejudice is never easy unless it can pass itself off for reason

Prejudice is never easy unless it can pass itself off for reason

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...

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

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,...