I like a friend better for having faults that one can talk about

Quote by William Hazlitt

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Walk groundly, talk profoundly, drink roundly, sleep soundly.

Walk groundly, talk profoundly, drink roundly, sleep soundly.

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...

The truly proud man knows neither superiors nor inferiors. The first he does not admit...

The truly proud man knows neither superiors nor inferiors. The first he does not admit...

We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.

We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.

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

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

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...

The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe...

The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe...

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...

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...

Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a confession of the deficiency it...

Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a confession of the deficiency it...

Some one is generally sure to be the sufferer by a joke.

Some one is generally sure to be the sufferer by a joke.

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...

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...

Dandyism is a variety of genius.

Dandyism is a variety of genius.

It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born...

It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born...

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...

The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation.

The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation.

The more we do, the more we can do.

The more we do, the more we can do.

If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes,...

If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes,...