Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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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...

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.

The art of pleasing consists in being pleased.

The art of pleasing consists in being pleased.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

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

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.

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...

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.

He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.

We are not hypocrites in our sleep

We are not hypocrites in our sleep

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

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

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

The more we do, the more we can do.

The more we do, the more we can do.

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...

There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have...

There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have...

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...

No young man ever thinks he shall die.

No young man ever thinks he shall die.

People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they...

People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they...

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...