To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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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...

Grace in women has more effect than beauty.

Grace in women has more effect than beauty.

Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my...

Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my...

Dandyism is a variety of genius.

Dandyism is a variety of genius.

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.

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...

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...

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...

No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.

No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet.

The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

The public have neither shame or gratitude.

The public have neither shame or gratitude.

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.

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it

The way to procure insults is to submit to them: a man meets with no...

The way to procure insults is to submit to them: a man meets with no...

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we...

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we...

You speak an infinite deal of nothing.

You speak an infinite deal of nothing.