Maxioms by William Hazlitt
We all wear some disguise, make some professions, use some artifice, to set ourselves off as being better than we read more
We all wear some disguise, make some professions, use some artifice, to set ourselves off as being better than we are; and yet it is not denied that we have some good intentions and praiseworthy qualities at bottom.
Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.
Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.
Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can read more
Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the read more
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be.
Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering the weaknesses of others.
Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering the weaknesses of others.