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

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

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

The world judge of men by their ability in their professions, and we judge of...

The world judge of men by their ability in their professions, and we judge of...

The art of pleasing consists in being pleased.

The art of pleasing consists in being pleased.

The way to procure insults is to submit to them: a man meets with no...

The way to procure insults is to submit to them: a man meets with no...

Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly, cold, comfortless, and distasteful. The stomach turns...

Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly, cold, comfortless, and distasteful. The stomach turns...

The more we do, the more we can do.

The more we do, the more we can do.

If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If...

If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If...

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you.

If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you.

Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers.

Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers.

To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with...

To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with...

Genius is a native to the soil where it grows - is fed by the...

Genius is a native to the soil where it grows - is fed by the...

Some one is generally sure to be the sufferer by a joke.

Some one is generally sure to be the sufferer by a joke.

To great evils we submit; we resent little provocations

To great evils we submit; we resent little provocations

No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of...

No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of...

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...

Genius, like humanity, rusts for the want of use

Genius, like humanity, rusts for the want of use

The three indispensable of genius are: understanding, feeling, and perseverance; the three things that enrich...

The three indispensable of genius are: understanding, feeling, and perseverance; the three things that enrich...

What is genius, anyway, if it isn't the ability to give an adequate response to...

What is genius, anyway, if it isn't the ability to give an adequate response to...