The incentive to ambition is the love of power.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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We must be doing something to be happy.

We must be doing something to be happy.

There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may...

There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may...

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

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

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 public have neither shame or gratitude.

The public have neither shame or gratitude.

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with...

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with...

The true barbarian is he who thinks everything barbarous but his own tastes and prejudices.

The true barbarian is he who thinks everything barbarous but his own tastes and prejudices.

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...

Good temper is an estate for life

Good temper is an estate for life

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...

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

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...

He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a...

He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a...

It is not the errors of others, but our own miscalculations, on which we wreak...

It is not the errors of others, but our own miscalculations, on which we wreak...

Those who speak ill of the spiritual life, although they come and go by day,...

Those who speak ill of the spiritual life, although they come and go by day,...

The most learned are often the most narrow minded.

The most learned are often the most narrow minded.

Anyone who has passed though the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not...

Anyone who has passed though the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not...

Those who can command themselves command others.

Those who can command themselves command others.

To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with...

To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with...