The dupe of friendship, and the fool of love; have I not reason to hate and to despise myself? Indeed I do; and chiefly for not having hated and despised the world enough.

Quote by William Hazlitt

Topics: Friendship Quotes

There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they...

There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they...

The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit...

The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit...

People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they...

People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they...

Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security...

Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security...

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...

I conceive that words are like money, not the worse for being common, but that...

I conceive that words are like money, not the worse for being common, but that...

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...

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

A hair in the head is worth two in the brush.

A hair in the head is worth two in the brush.

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 must be doing something to be happy.

We must be doing something to be happy.

Those who can command themselves command others.

Those who can command themselves command others.

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...

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

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

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

There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have...

There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have...

Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of...

Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of...

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe...

The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe...