The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars the scholar of nature.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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Good temper is an estate for life

Good temper is an estate for life

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.

Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.

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.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

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...

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

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

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal...

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal...

Genius, like humanity, rusts for the want of use

Genius, like humanity, rusts for the want of use

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.

Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.

There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we...

There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we...

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

I should like to spend the whole of my life in traveling abroad, if I...

I should like to spend the whole of my life in traveling abroad, if I...