Love at first sight is only realizing an imagination that has always haunted us; or meeting with a face, a figure, or cast of expression in perfection that we have seen and admired in a less degree or in less…

Quote by William Hazlitt

Topics: Love Quotes

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

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...

Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we...

Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we...

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never...

The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never...

He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.

He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.

As hypocrisy is said to be the highest compliment to virtue, the art of lying...

As hypocrisy is said to be the highest compliment to virtue, the art of lying...

We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing...

We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing...

If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.

If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.

I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton...

I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton...

The world judge of men by their ability in their professions, and we judge of...

The world judge of men by their ability in their professions, and we judge of...

The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it...

The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it...

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...

One would imagine that books were, like women, the worse for being old : that...

One would imagine that books were, like women, the worse for being old : that...

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

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

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

There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have...

There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have...

Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope....

Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope....

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.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.