The busier we are the more leisure we have.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It...

A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It...

If you think you can win, you can. Faith is necessary to victory.

If you think you can win, you can. Faith is necessary to victory.

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...

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

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.

If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.

If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.

Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

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...

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my...

Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my...

The public have neither shame or gratitude.

The public have neither shame or gratitude.

The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature.

The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature.

Almost every sect of Christianity is a perversion of its essence, to accommodate it to...

Almost every sect of Christianity is a perversion of its essence, to accommodate it to...

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...

Those who can command themselves command others.

Those who can command themselves command others.

To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest...

To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest...

The art of pleasing consists in being pleased.

The art of pleasing consists in being pleased.

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

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

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

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

Zeal will do more than knowledge.