Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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The world judge of men by their ability in their professions, and we judge of...

The world judge of men by their ability in their professions, and we judge of...

The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature.

The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

There are many who talk on from ignorance rather than from knowledge, and who find...

There are many who talk on from ignorance rather than from knowledge, and who find...

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.

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

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

To great evils we submit; we resent little provocations

To great evils we submit; we resent little provocations

The most violent friendships soonest wear themselves out.

The most violent friendships soonest wear themselves out.

Genius, like humanity, rusts for the want of use

Genius, like humanity, rusts for the want of use

To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with...

To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with...

He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.

He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.

Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements....

Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements....

If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.

If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.

A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one...

A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one...

The incentive to ambition is the love of power.

The incentive to ambition is the love of power.

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...

He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a...

He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a...

One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect.

One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect.

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...

To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest...

To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest...