Reflection makes men cowards.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

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...

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.

Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements....

Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements....

Genius, like humanity, rusts for the want of use

Genius, like humanity, rusts for the want of use

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

Dandyism is a variety of genius.

Dandyism is a variety of genius.

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not...

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not...

We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their...

We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their...

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...

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.

Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the...

Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the...

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

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...

The true barbarian is he who thinks everything barbarous but his own tastes and prejudices.

The true barbarian is he who thinks everything barbarous but his own tastes and prejudices.

It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better,...

It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better,...

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...

No young man ever thinks he shall die.

No young man ever thinks he shall die.

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

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.