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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Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

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.

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

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...

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.

He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.

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...

The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet.

The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet.

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...

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...

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it

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...

Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is...

Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is...

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...

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

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...

Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for...

Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for...

There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and...

There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and...

The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of...

The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of...

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.