We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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No truly great person ever thought themselves so.

No truly great person ever thought themselves so.

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

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

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

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...

The public have neither shame or gratitude.

The public have neither shame or gratitude.

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

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

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,...

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite.

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite.

No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of...

No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of...

Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we...

Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we...

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...

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

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

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

One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect.

One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect.

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...

The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe...

The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe...

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

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

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 think he shows himself to be a hypocrite of the worst order and he...

I think he shows himself to be a hypocrite of the worst order and he...

Great hypocrite are the real atheists.

Great hypocrite are the real atheists.