There are many who talk on from ignorance rather than from knowledge, and who find the former an inexhaustible fund of conversation

Quote by William Hazlitt

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Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire...

Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire...

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of...

Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of...

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...

A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end...

A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end...

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.

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...

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...

I would like to spend the whole of my life traveling, if I could anywhere...

I would like to spend the whole of my life traveling, if I could anywhere...

He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.

He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

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

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...

We must be doing something to be happy.

We must be doing something to be happy.

Principle is a passion for truth

Principle is a passion for truth

The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars the scholar of...

The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars the scholar of...

Some one is generally sure to be the sufferer by a joke.

Some one is generally sure to be the sufferer by a joke.

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.

When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a...

When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a...