Perhaps the best cure for the fear of death is to reflect that life has a beginning as well as an end. There was a time when we were not: this gives us no concern - why then should it…

Quote by William Hazlitt

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Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly, cold, comfortless, and distasteful. The stomach turns...

Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly, cold, comfortless, and distasteful. The stomach turns...

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 person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never...

The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never...

Principle is a passion for truth

Principle is a passion for truth

Reflection makes men cowards.

Reflection makes men cowards.

We must be doing something to be happy.

We must be doing something to be happy.

If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If...

If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If...

Some one is generally sure to be the sufferer by a joke.

Some one is generally sure to be the sufferer by a joke.

Prejudice is never easy unless it can pass itself off for reason

Prejudice is never easy unless it can pass itself off for reason

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

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...

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...

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would...

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would...

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...

There are only three pleasures in life pure and lasting, and all derived from inanimate...

There are only three pleasures in life pure and lasting, and all derived from inanimate...

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.

Dandyism is a variety of genius.

Dandyism is a variety of genius.

We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing...

We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing...

The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is...

The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is...