We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements....

Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements....

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...

It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better,...

It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better,...

Learning is the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others, and which...

Learning is the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others, and which...

If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.

If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.

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

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

Learning is its own exceeding great reward.

Learning is its own exceeding great reward.

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

Grace in women has more effect than beauty.

Grace in women has more effect than beauty.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

To great evils we submit; we resent little provocations

To great evils we submit; we resent little provocations

A scholar is like a book written in a dead language. It is not every...

A scholar is like a book written in a dead language. It is not every...

Dr. Johnson was a lazy learned man who liked to think and talk better than...

Dr. Johnson was a lazy learned man who liked to think and talk better than...

Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for...

Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for...

Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the...

Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the...

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not...

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not...

The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it...

The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it...

I'll take anyway to get into the Hall of Fame. If they want a batboy,...

I'll take anyway to get into the Hall of Fame. If they want a batboy,...

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Hitch your wagon to a star.