Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars the scholar of...

The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars the scholar of...

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...

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.

The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is...

The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is...

The most violent friendships soonest wear themselves out.

The most violent friendships soonest wear themselves out.

A hair in the head is worth two in the brush.

A hair in the head is worth two in the brush.

Without something to hate, we should lose the very spring of thought and action.

Without something to hate, we should lose the very spring of thought and action.

We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.

We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.

Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may...

Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may...

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a...

When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a...

Some one is generally sure to be the sufferer by a joke.

Some one is generally sure to be the sufferer by a joke.

Dandyism is a variety of genius.

Dandyism is a variety of genius.

Reflection makes men cowards.

Reflection makes men cowards.

We must be doing something to be happy.

We must be doing something to be happy.

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.

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...

It is not the errors of others, but our own miscalculations, on which we wreak...

It is not the errors of others, but our own miscalculations, on which we wreak...

Who's going to feel sorry for him? You know they're illegal, whether it was two...

Who's going to feel sorry for him? You know they're illegal, whether it was two...

And if you are slain in the way of Allah or you die, certainly forgiveness...

And if you are slain in the way of Allah or you die, certainly forgiveness...