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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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...

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...

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

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

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...

Love at first sight is only realizing an imagination that has always haunted us; or...

Love at first sight is only realizing an imagination that has always haunted us; or...

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

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

We often choose a friend as we do a mistress - for no particular excellence...

We often choose a friend as we do a mistress - for no particular excellence...

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

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...

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.

Principle is a passion for truth

Principle is a passion for truth

The more we do, the more we can do.

The more we do, the more we can do.

Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is inmortal.

Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is inmortal.

Dandyism is a variety of genius.

Dandyism is a variety of genius.

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...

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...

The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars the scholar of...

The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars the scholar of...

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is...

The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is...