Fashion is gentility running away from vulgarity and afraid of being overtaken

Quote by William Hazlitt

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The public have neither shame or gratitude.

The public have neither shame or gratitude.

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal...

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal...

Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is inmortal.

Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is inmortal.

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....

Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating.

Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating.

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

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

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

No wise man can have a contempt for the prejudices of others; and he should...

No wise man can have a contempt for the prejudices of others; and he should...

Learning is the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others, and which...

Learning is the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others, and which...

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite

To a superior race of being the pretensions of mankind to extraordinary sanctity and virtue...

To a superior race of being the pretensions of mankind to extraordinary sanctity and virtue...

Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.

Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.

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...

He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.

He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less...

The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less...

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...

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...

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...

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...