One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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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...

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...

Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the...

Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the...

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...

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

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...

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

Learning is the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others, and which...

Learning is the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others, and which...

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...

There is not a more mean, stupid, dastardly, pitiful, selfish, spiteful, envious, ungrateful animal than...

There is not a more mean, stupid, dastardly, pitiful, selfish, spiteful, envious, ungrateful animal than...

One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single...

One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single...

To great evils we submit; we resent little provocations

To great evils we submit; we resent little provocations

Dandyism is a variety of genius.

Dandyism is a variety of genius.

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.

The public have neither shame or gratitude.

The public have neither shame or gratitude.

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...

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

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

There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and...

There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and...

Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

I should like to spend the whole of my life in traveling abroad, if I...

I should like to spend the whole of my life in traveling abroad, if I...