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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Some one is generally sure to be the sufferer by a joke.

Some one is generally sure to be the sufferer by a joke.

There are many who talk on from ignorance rather than from knowledge, and who find...

There are many who talk on from ignorance rather than from knowledge, and who find...

I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton...

I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton...

People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they...

People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they...

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite.

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite.

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...

Our friends are generally ready to do everything for us, except the very thing we...

Our friends are generally ready to do everything for us, except the very thing we...

The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is...

The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is...

I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about.

I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about.

Genius, like humanity, rusts for the want of use

Genius, like humanity, rusts for the want of use

It is better to be able neither to read nor write than to be able...

It is better to be able neither to read nor write than to be able...

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...

Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.

Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.

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 give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you.

If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you.

The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars the scholar of...

The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars the scholar of...

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...

We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation.

We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation.

The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation.

The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation.

We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their...

We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their...