No young man ever thinks he shall die.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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We can bear to be deprived of everything but our self-conceit.

We can bear to be deprived of everything but our self-conceit.

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.

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,...

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

The essence of poetry is will and passion.

The essence of poetry is will and passion.

To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest...

To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest...

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure...

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure...

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.

The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of...

The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of...

To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with...

To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with...

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...

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

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....

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

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...

The most learned are often the most narrow minded.

The most learned are often the most narrow minded.

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 art of pleasing consists in being pleased.

The art of pleasing consists in being pleased.

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...

An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in...

An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in...