Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be

Quote by William Hazlitt

Topics: Mankind Quotes

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

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

Memory cannot exist without endurance of the things perceived, and the thing perceived cannot remain...

Memory cannot exist without endurance of the things perceived, and the thing perceived cannot remain...

You will hear more good things on the outside of a stagecoach from London to...

You will hear more good things on the outside of a stagecoach from London to...

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

The true barbarian is he who thinks everything barbarous but his own tastes and prejudices.

The true barbarian is he who thinks everything barbarous but his own tastes and prejudices.

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

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.

The more we do, the more we can do.

The more we do, the more we can do.

To a superior race of being the pretensions of mankind to extraordinary sanctity and virtue...

To a superior race of being the pretensions of mankind to extraordinary sanctity and virtue...

To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with...

To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with...

I conceive that words are like money, not the worse for being common, but that...

I conceive that words are like money, not the worse for being common, but that...

Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.

Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes,...

If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes,...

Dandyism is a variety of genius.

Dandyism is a variety of genius.

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...

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

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

Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly, cold, comfortless, and distasteful. The stomach turns...

Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly, cold, comfortless, and distasteful. The stomach turns...

Reflection makes men cowards.

Reflection makes men cowards.