You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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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.

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...

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...

To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to...

To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to...

We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation.

We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation.

Genius is a native to the soil where it grows - is fed by the...

Genius is a native to the soil where it grows - is fed by the...

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

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 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 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.

We can bear to be deprived of everything but our self-conceit.

We can bear to be deprived of everything but our self-conceit.

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

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

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

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

The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars the scholar of...

The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars the scholar of...

There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they...

There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they...

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.

The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never...

The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never...

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...

Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil.

Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil.

The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is...

The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is...

Let your mind start a journey thru a strange new world. Leave all thoughts of...

Let your mind start a journey thru a strange new world. Leave all thoughts of...

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.