Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of no more value than their dress.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures...

You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures...

The world judge of men by their ability in their professions, and we judge of...

The world judge of men by their ability in their professions, and we judge of...

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would...

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would...

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...

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not...

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not...

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...

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

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

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...

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

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...

A hair in the head is worth two in the brush.

A hair in the head is worth two in the brush.

That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be....

That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be....

The art of pleasing consists in being pleased.

The art of pleasing consists in being pleased.

A scholar is like a book written in a dead language. It is not every...

A scholar is like a book written in a dead language. It is not every...

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

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

Without something to hate, we should lose the very spring of thought and action.

Without something to hate, we should lose the very spring of thought and action.

The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of...

The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of...

There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they...

There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they...

We often choose a friend as we do a mistress - for no particular excellence...

We often choose a friend as we do a mistress - for no particular excellence...