So I have loitered my life away, reading books, looking at pictures, going to plays, hearing, thinking, writing on what pleased me best. I have wanted only one thing to make me happy, but wanting that have wanted everything.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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The dupe of friendship, and the fool of love; have I not reason to hate...

The dupe of friendship, and the fool of love; have I not reason to hate...

One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single...

One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single...

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.

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.

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...

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...

We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation.

We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation.

As hypocrisy is said to be the highest compliment to virtue, the art of lying...

As hypocrisy is said to be the highest compliment to virtue, the art of lying...

Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the...

Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the...

It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born...

It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born...

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...

The public is so in awe of its own opinion that it never dares to...

The public is so in awe of its own opinion that it never dares to...

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with...

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with...

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires...

The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires...

The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars the scholar of...

The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars the scholar of...

The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation.

The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation.

The most learned are often the most narrow minded.

The most learned are often the most narrow minded.

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

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...