The public have neither shame or gratitude.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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The incentive to ambition is the love of power.

The incentive to ambition is the love of power.

If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.

If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.

There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and...

There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and...

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

The public is so in awe of its own opinion that it never dares to...

The public is so in awe of its own opinion that it never dares to...

So I have loitered my life away, reading books, looking at pictures, going to plays,...

So I have loitered my life away, reading books, looking at pictures, going to plays,...

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force...

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force...

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...

Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may...

Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may...

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

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...

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...

A hair in the head is worth two in the brush.

A hair in the head is worth two in the brush.

He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does...

He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does...

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

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

Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

I hate to be near the sea, and to hear it roaring and raging like...

I hate to be near the sea, and to hear it roaring and raging like...

The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires...

The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires...

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought...

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought...

If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of...

If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of...