We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about.

I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about.

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

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

There are many who talk on from ignorance rather than from knowledge, and who find...

There are many who talk on from ignorance rather than from knowledge, and who find...

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force...

There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force...

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

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

It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born...

It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born...

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 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...

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

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

The public is so in awe of its own opinion that it never dares to...

The public is so in awe of its own opinion that it never dares to...

Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

The incentive to ambition is the love of power.

The incentive to ambition is the love of power.

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.

Almost every sect of Christianity is a perversion of its essence, to accommodate it to...

Almost every sect of Christianity is a perversion of its essence, to accommodate it to...

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...

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

There is not a more mean, stupid, dastardly, pitiful, selfish, spiteful, envious, ungrateful animal than...

There is not a more mean, stupid, dastardly, pitiful, selfish, spiteful, envious, ungrateful animal than...

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...

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

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...