No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less...

The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less...

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...

He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.

He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.

Genius, like humanity, rusts for the want of use

Genius, like humanity, rusts for the want of use

It is not the errors of others, but our own miscalculations, on which we wreak...

It is not the errors of others, but our own miscalculations, on which we wreak...

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

Prejudice is never easy unless it can pass itself off for reason

Prejudice is never easy unless it can pass itself off for reason

The essence of poetry is will and passion.

The essence of poetry is will and passion.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

So I have loitered my life away, reading books, looking at pictures, going to plays,...

So I have loitered my life away, reading books, looking at pictures, going to plays,...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.

If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.