“Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands of others!”
— William Hazlitt
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Even in the common affairs of life,
“Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands of others!”
— William Hazlitt
Author: William Hazlitt
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Poetry is the universal language which the
“Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else.”
— William Hazlitt
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To think ill of mankind and not
“To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue.”
— William Hazlitt
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A wise traveler never despises his own
“A wise traveler never despises his own country.”
— William Hazlitt
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A grave blockhead should always go about
“A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one – they show one another off to the best advantage.”
— William Hazlitt
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Even in the common affairs of life,
“Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands of others!”
— William Hazlitt
Author: William Hazlitt
Category: happiness
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An honest man speaks the truth, though
“An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.”
— William Hazlitt
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Few things tend more to alienate friendship
“Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine or sup to break up more than one intimacy.”
— William Hazlitt
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You know more of a road by
“You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.”
— William Hazlitt
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To be capable of steady friendship or
“To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.”
— William Hazlitt
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Category: friendship
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