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

Quote by William Hazlitt

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To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.

Memory cannot exist without endurance of the things perceived, and the thing perceived cannot remain...

Memory cannot exist without endurance of the things perceived, and the thing perceived cannot remain...

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...

The most learned are often the most narrow minded.

The most learned are often the most narrow minded.

The most violent friendships soonest wear themselves out.

The most violent friendships soonest wear themselves out.

There is not a more mean, stupid, dastardly, pitiful, selfish, spiteful, envious, ungrateful animal than...

There is not a more mean, stupid, dastardly, pitiful, selfish, spiteful, envious, ungrateful animal than...

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...

A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end...

A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end...

If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.

If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

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...

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...

To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest...

To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest...

Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure...

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure...

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

Grace in women has more effect than beauty.

Grace in women has more effect than beauty.