Those who speak ill of the spiritual life, although they come and go by day, are like the smith's bellows: they take breath but are not alive.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.

Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.

We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing...

We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing...

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...

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...

Some persons make promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

Some persons make promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

So I have loitered my life away, reading books, looking at pictures, going to plays,...

So I have loitered my life away, reading books, looking at pictures, going to plays,...

Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for...

Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for...

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...

Memory cannot exist without endurance of the things perceived, and the thing perceived cannot remain...

Memory cannot exist without endurance of the things perceived, and the thing perceived cannot remain...

Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is...

Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is...

The more we do, the more we can do.

The more we do, the more we can do.

Genius, like humanity, rusts for the want of use

Genius, like humanity, rusts for the want of use

We are not hypocrites in our sleep

We are not hypocrites in our sleep

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit...

The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit...

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite

One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single...

One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single...

Reflection makes men cowards.

Reflection makes men cowards.

Anyone who has passed though the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not...

Anyone who has passed though the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not...

We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.

We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.