The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness than the destruction of millions of our fellow-beings.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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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 I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes,...

If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes,...

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...

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...

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the...

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the...

Some one is generally sure to be the sufferer by a joke.

Some one is generally sure to be the sufferer by a joke.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating.

Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating.

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire...

Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire...

One would imagine that books were, like women, the worse for being old : that...

One would imagine that books were, like women, the worse for being old : that...

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...

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Sadder than destitution, sadder than a beggar is the man who eats alone in public....

Sadder than destitution, sadder than a beggar is the man who eats alone in public....

The lion is most handsome when looking for food

The lion is most handsome when looking for food

Wit is cultured insolence.

Wit is cultured insolence.