Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.

Quote by William Hazlitt

Topics: Friendship Quotes

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...

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.

Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security...

Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security...

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.

He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.

Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers.

Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers.

He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does...

He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does...

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love.

Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love.

Learning is its own exceeding great reward.

Learning is its own exceeding great reward.

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...

We must be doing something to be happy.

We must be doing something to be happy.

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not...

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not...

Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.

Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Genius is a nuisance, and it is the duty of schools and colleges to abate...

Genius is a nuisance, and it is the duty of schools and colleges to abate...

Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their...

Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their...