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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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...

As hypocrisy is said to be the highest compliment to virtue, the art of lying...

As hypocrisy is said to be the highest compliment to virtue, the art of lying...

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force...

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force...

The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as...

The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as...

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.

To great evils we submit; we resent little provocations

To great evils we submit; we resent little provocations

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.

The public is so in awe of its own opinion that it never dares to...

The public is so in awe of its own opinion that it never dares to...

The ignorance of the world leaves one at the mercy of its malice

The ignorance of the world leaves one at the mercy of its malice

Walk groundly, talk profoundly, drink roundly, sleep soundly.

Walk groundly, talk profoundly, drink roundly, sleep soundly.

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...

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

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

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

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.

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...

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...

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....

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...

You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better...

You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better...

My night has become a sunny dawn because of you.

My night has become a sunny dawn because of you.

Let me say, at the risk of seeming ridiculous, that the true revolutionary is guided...

Let me say, at the risk of seeming ridiculous, that the true revolutionary is guided...