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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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...

Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is...

Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is...

Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating.

Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating.

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...

One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect.

One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect.

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 -...

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...

The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature.

The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature.

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...

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Those who speak ill of the spiritual life, although they come and go by day,...

Those who speak ill of the spiritual life, although they come and go by day,...

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from...

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from...

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...

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...

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

Genius, like humanity, rusts for the want of use

Genius, like humanity, rusts for the want of use

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

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

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

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...

You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures...

You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures...