The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

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

The incentive to ambition is the love of power.

The incentive to ambition is the love of power.

I do not think that what is called Love at first sight is so great...

I do not think that what is called Love at first sight is so great...

We often choose a friend as we do a mistress - for no particular excellence...

We often choose a friend as we do a mistress - for no particular excellence...

The essence of poetry is will and passion.

The essence of poetry is will and passion.

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would...

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would...

Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our...

Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our...

We are not hypocrites in our sleep

We are not hypocrites in our sleep

The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never...

The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never...

You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures...

You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures...

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...

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.

The more we do, the more we can do.

The more we do, the more we can do.

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.