Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

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...

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a...

He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a...

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...

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...

That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be....

That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be....

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

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...

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...

You will hear more good things on the outside of a stagecoach from London to...

You will hear more good things on the outside of a stagecoach from London to...

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...

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 essence of poetry is will and passion.

The essence of poetry is will and passion.

He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does...

He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does...

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

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...

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

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.

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...