Quote #24096
The contemplation of truth and beauty is the proper object for which we were...
Category Archives: William Hazlitt
Quote #24097
If we wish to know the force of human genius we should read Shakespeare....
Quote #24098
First impressions are often the truest, as we find (not infrequently) to our cost,...
Quote #24099
Man is a make-believe animal – he is never so truly himself as when...
Quote #24100
The way to procure insults is to submit to them a man meets with...
Quote #24095
Those who can command themselves command others.
Quote #24081
Prosperity is a great teacher adversity a greater.
Quote #24082
Fashon is the abortive issue of vain ostentation and exclusive egotism it is haughty,...
Quote #24083
Perhaps the best cure for the fear of death is to reflect that life...
Quote #24084
To think ill of mankind, and not to wish ill to them, is perhaps...