Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a...

He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a...

A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one...

A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one...

Principle is a passion for truth

Principle is a passion for truth

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.

No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.

No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

The more we do, the more we can do.

The more we do, the more we can do.

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...

When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a...

When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a...

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...

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

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

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

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.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

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,...

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

To great evils we submit; we resent little provocations

To great evils we submit; we resent little provocations

He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does...

He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does...

You can only be called a hypocrite if you judge others first.

You can only be called a hypocrite if you judge others first.

Democracy is hypocrisy without limitation.

Democracy is hypocrisy without limitation.