I conceive that words are like money, not the worse for being common, but that it is the stamp of custom alone that gives them circulation or value.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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Anyone who has passed though the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not...

Anyone who has passed though the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not...

Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the...

Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the...

We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their...

We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their...

Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we...

Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we...

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

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...

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

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...

Those who can command themselves command others.

Those who can command themselves command others.

The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit...

The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit...

Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating.

Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating.

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.

Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.

Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.

The true barbarian is he who thinks everything barbarous but his own tastes and prejudices.

The true barbarian is he who thinks everything barbarous but his own tastes and prejudices.

I hate to be near the sea, and to hear it roaring and raging like...

I hate to be near the sea, and to hear it roaring and raging like...

Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We...

Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We...

The art of pleasing consists in being pleased.

The art of pleasing consists in being pleased.

The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet.

The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet.

The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as...

The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as...

If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you.

If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you.