Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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A wise traveler never despises his own country.

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

One would imagine that books were, like women, the worse for being old : that...

One would imagine that books were, like women, the worse for being old : that...

Those who speak ill of the spiritual life, although they come and go by day,...

Those who speak ill of the spiritual life, although they come and go by day,...

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...

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...

He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does...

He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does...

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...

You will hear more good things on the outside of a stagecoach from London to...

You will hear more good things on the outside of a stagecoach from London to...

Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our...

Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our...

One would imagine that books were, like women, the worse for being old : that...

One would imagine that books were, like women, the worse for being old : that...

As hypocrisy is said to be the highest compliment to virtue, the art of lying...

As hypocrisy is said to be the highest compliment to virtue, the art of lying...

We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.

We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.

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...

He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.

He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.

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...

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to...

To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to...

Prejudice is never easy unless it can pass itself off for reason

Prejudice is never easy unless it can pass itself off for reason

I'm free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.

I'm free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.

If you're a sexist, racist, homophobe, or basically an arsehole, don't buy this CD. I...

If you're a sexist, racist, homophobe, or basically an arsehole, don't buy this CD. I...