A scholar is like a book written in a dead language. It is not every one that can read in it.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single...

One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single...

Reflection makes men cowards.

Reflection makes men cowards.

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...

The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature.

The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature.

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...

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...

I hate to be near the sea, and to hear it roaring and raging like...

I hate to be near the sea, and to hear it roaring and raging like...

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...

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.

Learning is its own exceeding great reward.

Learning is its own exceeding great reward.

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

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

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

Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly, cold, comfortless, and distasteful. The stomach turns...

Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly, cold, comfortless, and distasteful. The stomach turns...

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....

There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have...

There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have...

The incentive to ambition is the love of power.

The incentive to ambition is the love of power.

The ignorance of the world leaves one at the mercy of its malice

The ignorance of the world leaves one at the mercy of its malice

Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope....

Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope....

Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my...

Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my...

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...