To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with contempt while we are living.

Quote by William Hazlitt

Topics: Contempt Quotes

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

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

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

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...

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...

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,...

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Those who can command themselves command others.

Those who can command themselves command others.

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...

It is better to be able neither to read nor write than to be able...

It is better to be able neither to read nor write than to be able...

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

Walk groundly, talk profoundly, drink roundly, sleep soundly.

Walk groundly, talk profoundly, drink roundly, sleep soundly.

Reflection makes men cowards.

Reflection makes men cowards.

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...

A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one...

A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one...

Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the...

Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the...

I do not think that what is called Love at first sight is so great...

I do not think that what is called Love at first sight is so great...

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...

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...

No truly great person ever thought themselves so.

No truly great person ever thought themselves so.

Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.

Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.