Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of...

No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of...

The most learned are often the most narrow minded.

The most learned are often the most narrow minded.

I would like to spend the whole of my life traveling, if I could anywhere...

I would like to spend the whole of my life traveling, if I could anywhere...

Perhaps the best cure for the fear of death is to reflect that life has...

Perhaps the best cure for the fear of death is to reflect that life has...

There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may...

There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may...

Those who can command themselves command others.

Those who can command themselves command others.

No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.

No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.

Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for...

Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for...

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.

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.

Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

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...

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite.

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite.

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

Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.

Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.

We must be doing something to be happy.

We must be doing something to be happy.

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...

To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with...

To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with...

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...

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.