The public is so in awe of its own opinion that it never dares to form any, but catches up the first idle rumour, lest it should be behindhand in its judgment, and echoes it till it is deafened with…

Quote by William Hazlitt

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Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the...

Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the...

If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you.

If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you.

You will hear more good things on the outside of a stagecoach from London to...

You will hear more good things on the outside of a stagecoach from London to...

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...

The incentive to ambition is the love of power.

The incentive to ambition is the love of power.

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...

Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers.

Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers.

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...

As hypocrisy is said to be the highest compliment to virtue, the art of lying...

As hypocrisy is said to be the highest compliment to virtue, the art of lying...

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

The ignorance of the world leaves one at the mercy of its malice

The ignorance of the world leaves one at the mercy of its malice

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

The art of pleasing consists in being pleased.

The art of pleasing consists in being pleased.

The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe...

The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe...

That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be....

That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be....

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

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...

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

Almost every sect of Christianity is a perversion of its essence, to accommodate it to...

Almost every sect of Christianity is a perversion of its essence, to accommodate it to...

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...