Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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Almost every sect of Christianity is a perversion of its essence, to accommodate it to...

Almost every sect of Christianity is a perversion of its essence, to accommodate it to...

So I have loitered my life away, reading books, looking at pictures, going to plays,...

So I have loitered my life away, reading books, looking at pictures, going to plays,...

Dandyism is a variety of genius.

Dandyism is a variety of genius.

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 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...

Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security...

Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security...

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.

If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.

Memory cannot exist without endurance of the things perceived, and the thing perceived cannot remain...

Memory cannot exist without endurance of the things perceived, and the thing perceived cannot remain...

Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.

Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.

One would imagine that books were, like women, the worse for being old : that...

One would imagine that books were, like women, the worse for being old : that...

A hair in the head is worth two in the brush.

A hair in the head is worth two in the brush.

The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet.

The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet.

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite.

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite.

No young man ever thinks he shall die.

No young man ever thinks he shall die.

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

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...

Learning is its own exceeding great reward.

Learning is its own exceeding great reward.

Dr. Johnson was a lazy learned man who liked to think and talk better than...

Dr. Johnson was a lazy learned man who liked to think and talk better than...

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...