Our friends are generally ready to do everything for us, except the very thing we wish them to do.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is inmortal.

Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is inmortal.

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,...

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.

Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is inmortal.

Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is inmortal.

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

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 the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal...

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal...

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

We often choose a friend as we do a mistress - for no particular excellence...

We often choose a friend as we do a mistress - for no particular excellence...

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of...

Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of...

The most violent friendships soonest wear themselves out.

The most violent friendships soonest wear themselves out.

The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires...

The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires...

There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have...

There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have...

Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone -...

Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone -...

There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they...

There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they...

Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my...

Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my...

I've lived in Europe for the better part of twenty years, and I've noticed that...

I've lived in Europe for the better part of twenty years, and I've noticed that...

I never read a book before reviewing it - it prejudices a man so

I never read a book before reviewing it - it prejudices a man so