Anyone who has passed though the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not made a fool by it, may consider himself as having had a very narrow escape.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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I conceive that words are like money, not the worse for being common, but that...

I conceive that words are like money, not the worse for being common, but that...

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with...

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with...

If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.

If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.

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

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

As hypocrisy is said to be the highest compliment to virtue, the art of lying...

As hypocrisy is said to be the highest compliment to virtue, the art of lying...

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.

Memory cannot exist without endurance of the things perceived, and the thing perceived cannot remain...

Memory cannot exist without endurance of the things perceived, and the thing perceived cannot remain...

Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who...

Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who...

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

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...

If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If...

If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If...

Reflection makes men cowards.

Reflection makes men cowards.

The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe...

The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe...

Good temper is an estate for life

Good temper is an estate for life

The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it...

The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it...

Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We...

Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We...

To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to...

To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to...

Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we...

Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we...

I won't be happy till I'm as famous as God.

I won't be happy till I'm as famous as God.

It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.

It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.

Always live in the ugliest house on the street - then you don't have to...

Always live in the ugliest house on the street - then you don't have to...

There is no pride like that of a beggar grown rich

There is no pride like that of a beggar grown rich