When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.

We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.

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...

The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less...

The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less...

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...

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...

If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you.

If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you.

Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire...

Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire...

We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing...

We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing...

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...

Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly, cold, comfortless, and distasteful. The stomach turns...

Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly, cold, comfortless, and distasteful. The stomach turns...

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

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.

Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security...

Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security...

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is inmortal.

Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is inmortal.

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 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...

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.

If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.

If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.