Learning is the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others, and which we can only derive at second-hand from books or other artificial sources. The knowledge of that which is before us, or about us, which appeals…

Quote by William Hazlitt

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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...

Principle is a passion for truth

Principle is a passion for truth

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...

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

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

He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does...

He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does...

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite

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...

Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the...

Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the...

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

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

A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end...

A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end...

The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness than the...

The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness than the...

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.

Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of...

Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of...

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...

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire...

Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire...

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone -...

Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone -...

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he...

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he...

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more...

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more...