There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they will not let you have it.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about.

I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about.

Grace in women has more effect than beauty.

Grace in women has more effect than beauty.

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 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...

Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly, cold, comfortless, and distasteful. The stomach turns...

Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly, cold, comfortless, and distasteful. The stomach turns...

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

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

The more we do, the more we can do.

The more we do, the more we can do.

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...

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

The incentive to ambition is the love of power.

The incentive to ambition is the love of power.

I do not think that what is called Love at first sight is so great...

I do not think that what is called Love at first sight is so great...

Our first and last love is... self-love.

Our first and last love is... self-love.

If a relationship is to evolve, it must go through a series of endings.

If a relationship is to evolve, it must go through a series of endings.

Is enough to look at the Middle Ages, at the Inquisition and on the ultra...

Is enough to look at the Middle Ages, at the Inquisition and on the ultra...