The way to procure insults is to submit to them: a man meets with no more respect than he exacts.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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The busier we are the more leisure we have.

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

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...

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...

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...

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

It is not the errors of others, but our own miscalculations, on which we wreak...

It is not the errors of others, but our own miscalculations, on which we wreak...

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,...

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...

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...

Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating.

Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating.

One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect.

One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect.

It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born...

It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born...

Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love.

Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love.

A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one...

A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one...

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

Every one in a crowd has the power to throw dirt: nine out of ten...

Every one in a crowd has the power to throw dirt: nine out of ten...

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.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Government help to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a...

Government help to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a...

It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both...

It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both...