No truly great person ever thought themselves so.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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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...

Learning is its own exceeding great reward.

Learning is its own exceeding great reward.

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...

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...

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...

The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars the scholar of...

The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars the scholar of...

It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better,...

It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better,...

That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be....

That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be....

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....

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...

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...

Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.

Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.

It is better to be able neither to read nor write than to be able...

It is better to be able neither to read nor write than to be able...

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it

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...

The way to procure insults is to submit to them: a man meets with no...

The way to procure insults is to submit to them: a man meets with no...

The bottom line is, insults only hurt when they come from someone I respect.

The bottom line is, insults only hurt when they come from someone I respect.

Methink'st thou art a general offence and every man should beat thee.

Methink'st thou art a general offence and every man should beat thee.