The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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Genius is a native to the soil where it grows - is fed by the...

Genius is a native to the soil where it grows - is fed by the...

The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is...

The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is...

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...

Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who...

Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who...

Learning is the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others, and which...

Learning is the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others, and which...

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...

Good temper is an estate for life

Good temper is an estate for life

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...

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Love at first sight is only realizing an imagination that has always haunted us; or...

Love at first sight is only realizing an imagination that has always haunted us; or...

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

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

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...

Those who can command themselves command others.

Those who can command themselves command others.

The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation.

The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation.

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...

Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we...

Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we...

The way to procure insults is to submit to them: a man meets with no...

The way to procure insults is to submit to them: a man meets with no...

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...

The poet judges not as a judge judges but as the sun falling around a...

The poet judges not as a judge judges but as the sun falling around a...

A man cannot speak but he judges himself

A man cannot speak but he judges himself

The Secretary of Defense is not a super General or Admiral. His task is to...

The Secretary of Defense is not a super General or Admiral. His task is to...

Species evolve exactly as if they were adapting as best they could to a changing...

Species evolve exactly as if they were adapting as best they could to a changing...