An accomplished coquette excites the passions of others, in proportion as she feels none herself

Quote by William Hazlitt

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The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of...

The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of...

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...

The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit...

The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit...

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

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

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.

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...

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the...

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the...

We are not hypocrites in our sleep

We are not hypocrites in our sleep

One would imagine that books were, like women, the worse for being old : that...

One would imagine that books were, like women, the worse for being old : that...

Dr. Johnson was a lazy learned man who liked to think and talk better than...

Dr. Johnson was a lazy learned man who liked to think and talk better than...

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...

We often choose a friend as we do a mistress - for no particular excellence...

We often choose a friend as we do a mistress - for no particular excellence...

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...

We must be doing something to be happy.

We must be doing something to be happy.

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.

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...

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 is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from...

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from...

The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet.

The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet.

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.