Zeal will do more than knowledge.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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Perhaps the best cure for the fear of death is to reflect that life has...

Perhaps the best cure for the fear of death is to reflect that life has...

Genius, like humanity, rusts for the want of use

Genius, like humanity, rusts for the want of use

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...

Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the...

Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the...

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...

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 busier we are the more leisure we have.

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

Reflection makes men cowards.

Reflection makes men cowards.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest...

To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest...

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.

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...

The ignorance of the world leaves one at the mercy of its malice

The ignorance of the world leaves one at the mercy of its malice

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...

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

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...

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

I should like to spend the whole of my life in traveling abroad, if I...

I should like to spend the whole of my life in traveling abroad, if I...

The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit...

The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit...

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,...