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

Quote by William Hazlitt

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Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite.

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite.

I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton...

I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton...

Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers.

Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers.

As hypocrisy is said to be the highest compliment to virtue, the art of lying...

As hypocrisy is said to be the highest compliment to virtue, the art of lying...

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

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

A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It...

A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It...

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...

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.

Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope....

Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope....

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the...

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the...

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...

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires...

The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires...

Some one is generally sure to be the sufferer by a joke.

Some one is generally sure to be the sufferer by a joke.

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...

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...

Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

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...

Who Rebels? Who rises in arms? Rarely the slave, but almost always the oppressor turned...

Who Rebels? Who rises in arms? Rarely the slave, but almost always the oppressor turned...

'While there is life, there's hope,' he cried; 'Then why such haste?' so groaned and...

'While there is life, there's hope,' he cried; 'Then why such haste?' so groaned and...