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

Quote by William Hazlitt

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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...

There is not a more mean, stupid, dastardly, pitiful, selfish, spiteful, envious, ungrateful animal than...

There is not a more mean, stupid, dastardly, pitiful, selfish, spiteful, envious, ungrateful animal than...

To a superior race of being the pretensions of mankind to extraordinary sanctity and virtue...

To a superior race of being the pretensions of mankind to extraordinary sanctity and virtue...

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...

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who...

Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who...

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from...

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from...

Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our...

Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our...

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

I should like to spend the whole of my life in traveling abroad, if I...

I should like to spend the whole of my life in traveling abroad, if I...

The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it...

The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it...

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

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.

Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.

Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

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...

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...

The true barbarian is he who thinks everything barbarous but his own tastes and prejudices.

The true barbarian is he who thinks everything barbarous but his own tastes and prejudices.

People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they...

People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they...