I would like to spend the whole of my life traveling, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend at home.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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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...

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...

Our friends are generally ready to do everything for us, except the very thing we...

Our friends are generally ready to do everything for us, except the very thing we...

There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they...

There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they...

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the...

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the...

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.

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite.

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite.

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.

Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for...

Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for...

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my...

Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my...

No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.

No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

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...

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

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 smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of...

The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of...

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

We can bear to be deprived of everything but our self-conceit.

We can bear to be deprived of everything but our self-conceit.

People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they...

People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they...