The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing.

Quote by Leigh Hunt

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Affection, like melancholy, magnifies trifles; but the magnifying of the one is like looking through...

Affection, like melancholy, magnifies trifles; but the magnifying of the one is like looking through...

Those who have lost an infant are never, in a way, without an infant.

Those who have lost an infant are never, in a way, without an infant.

Stolen kisses are always sweetest

Stolen kisses are always sweetest

It is books that teach us to refine our pleasures when young, and to recall...

It is books that teach us to refine our pleasures when young, and to recall...

Wit is the clash and reconcilement of incongruities, the meeting of extremes around a corner

Wit is the clash and reconcilement of incongruities, the meeting of extremes around a corner

There are two worlds: the world we can measure with line and rule, and the...

There are two worlds: the world we can measure with line and rule, and the...

If you are ever at a loss to support a flagging conversation, introduce the subject...

If you are ever at a loss to support a flagging conversation, introduce the subject...

Sympathizing and selfish people are alike, both given to tears.

Sympathizing and selfish people are alike, both given to tears.

The only place a new hat can be carried into with safety is a church,...

The only place a new hat can be carried into with safety is a church,...

If you ever have to support a flagging conversation, introduce the topic of eating.

If you ever have to support a flagging conversation, introduce the topic of eating.

Great woman belong to history and to self sacrifice.

Great woman belong to history and to self sacrifice.

Stolen kisses are always sweetest.

Stolen kisses are always sweetest.

The person who can be only serious or only cheerful, is but half a man.

The person who can be only serious or only cheerful, is but half a man.

Your second-hand bookseller is second to none in the worth of the treasures he dispenses.

Your second-hand bookseller is second to none in the worth of the treasures he dispenses.

Colors are the smiles of nature.

Colors are the smiles of nature.

The groundwork of all happiness is health.

The groundwork of all happiness is health.

If you ever have to support a flagging conversation, introduce the topic of eating

If you ever have to support a flagging conversation, introduce the topic of eating

The only thing that annoys me more then people who only hit me when they...

The only thing that annoys me more then people who only hit me when they...

I text you because I want to have a conversation with you, not get one...

I text you because I want to have a conversation with you, not get one...

Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit, and gives a certain air to...

Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit, and gives a certain air to...