Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers.

Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers.

Those who speak ill of the spiritual life, although they come and go by day,...

Those who speak ill of the spiritual life, although they come and go by day,...

Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is...

Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is...

Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of...

Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of...

No wise man can have a contempt for the prejudices of others; and he should...

No wise man can have a contempt for the prejudices of others; and he should...

Those who can command themselves command others.

Those who can command themselves command others.

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.

Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.

Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.

Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love.

Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love.

There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and...

There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and...

As hypocrisy is said to be the highest compliment to virtue, the art of lying...

As hypocrisy is said to be the highest compliment to virtue, the art of lying...

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.

Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a confession of the deficiency it...

Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a confession of the deficiency it...

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

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...

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

One would imagine that books were, like women, the worse for being old : that...

One would imagine that books were, like women, the worse for being old : that...

If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes,...

If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes,...

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.

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.