I hate to be near the sea, and to hear it roaring and raging like a wild beast in its den. It puts me in mind of the everlasting efforts of the human mind, struggling to be free, and ending…

Quote by William Hazlitt

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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.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

Grace in women has more effect than beauty.

Grace in women has more effect than beauty.

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...

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.

Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who...

Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who...

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 do not think that what is called Love at first sight is so great...

I do not think that what is called Love at first sight is so great...

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...

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

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

Every one in a crowd has the power to throw dirt: nine out of ten...

Every one in a crowd has the power to throw dirt: nine out of ten...

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

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

There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have...

There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have...

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

We must be doing something to be happy.

We must be doing something to be happy.

It is better to be able neither to read nor write than to be able...

It is better to be able neither to read nor write than to be able...

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...

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things...

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things...

It makes me laugh when she says she [Salma Hayek] got offered Selena, which was...

It makes me laugh when she says she [Salma Hayek] got offered Selena, which was...

The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that...

The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that...

Pride is said to be the last vice the good man gets clear of

Pride is said to be the last vice the good man gets clear of