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

Quote by William Hazlitt

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The most violent friendships soonest wear themselves out.

The most violent friendships soonest wear themselves out.

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 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...

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

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

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.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

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...

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...

The incentive to ambition is the love of power.

The incentive to ambition is the love of power.

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...

Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of...

Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of...

Genius, like humanity, rusts for the want of use

Genius, like humanity, rusts for the want of use

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....

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...

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they...

There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they...

He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.

He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.

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...

Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.