Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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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...

The more we do, the more we can do.

The more we do, the more we can do.

If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you.

If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you.

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...

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...

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

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would...

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would...

Love at first sight is only realizing an imagination that has always haunted us; or...

Love at first sight is only realizing an imagination that has always haunted us; or...

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

Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire...

Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire...

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.

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.

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

The way to procure insults is to submit to them: a man meets with no...

The way to procure insults is to submit to them: a man meets with no...

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.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing...

We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing...

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...

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...

People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they...

People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they...