The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never did me the smallest favor.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite.

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite.

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...

To great evils we submit; we resent little provocations

To great evils we submit; we resent little provocations

Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

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...

We must be doing something to be happy.

We must be doing something to be happy.

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

I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about.

I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about.

We are not hypocrites in our sleep

We are not hypocrites in our sleep

Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for...

Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for...

There are many who talk on from ignorance rather than from knowledge, and who find...

There are many who talk on from ignorance rather than from knowledge, and who find...

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.

We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.

Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.

Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.

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...

Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is inmortal.

Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is inmortal.

One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single...

One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single...

There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they...

There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they...

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

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...