The most violent friendships soonest wear themselves out.

Quote by William Hazlitt

Topics: Friendship Quotes, Love Quotes

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...

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

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

Principle is a passion for truth

Principle is a passion for truth

Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We...

Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We...

Good temper is an estate for life

Good temper is an estate for life

No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.

No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.

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...

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...

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

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.

Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my...

Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my...

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 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...

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...

No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of...

No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of...

Learning is its own exceeding great reward.

Learning is its own exceeding great reward.

To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to...

To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to...

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict,...

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict,...

It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.

It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.