William Hazlitt ( 10 of 58 )
If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it read more
If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it was printed yesterday or three hundred years ago.
The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.
The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.
Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty read more
Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity.
They [corporations] feel neither shame, remorse, gratitude, nor
goodwill.
They [corporations] feel neither shame, remorse, gratitude, nor
goodwill.
Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.
Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.
If you think you can win, you can. Faith is necessary to victory.
If you think you can win, you can. Faith is necessary to victory.
Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.
Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.
Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.
Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.
A mighty stream of tendency.
A mighty stream of tendency.
He who comes up to his own idea of greatness, must always have
had a very low standard of read more
He who comes up to his own idea of greatness, must always have
had a very low standard of it in his mind.
- William Hazlitt,
