One would imagine that books were, like women, the worse for being old : that they open their leaves more cordially; that the spirit of enjoyment wears out with the spirit of novelty; and that after a certain age, it…

Quote by William Hazlitt

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Zeal will do more than knowledge.

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

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

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

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

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,...

The truly proud man knows neither superiors nor inferiors. The first he does not admit...

The truly proud man knows neither superiors nor inferiors. The first he does not admit...

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...

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...

Without something to hate, we should lose the very spring of thought and action.

Without something to hate, we should lose the very spring of thought and action.

Genius is a native to the soil where it grows - is fed by the...

Genius is a native to the soil where it grows - is fed by the...

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not...

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not...

I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about.

I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about.

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...

Principle is a passion for truth

Principle is a passion for truth

Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We...

Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We...

He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.

He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.

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...

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

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.

No young man ever thinks he shall die.

No young man ever thinks he shall die.

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...