There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation.

The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation.

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.

Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.

Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.

Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers.

Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers.

Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is inmortal.

Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is inmortal.

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.

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

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

I conceive that words are like money, not the worse for being common, but that...

I conceive that words are like money, not the worse for being common, but that...

We must be doing something to be happy.

We must be doing something to be happy.

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in...

An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

Many people love in themselves what they hate in others

Many people love in themselves what they hate in others

In hatred as in love, we grow like the thing we brood upon. What we...

In hatred as in love, we grow like the thing we brood upon. What we...