A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage.
Quote by William Hazlitt
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A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage.
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William Hazlitt Quotes
- The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors.
- People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they work in it because they excel.
- Grace in women has more effect than beauty.
- The incentive to ambition is the love of power.
- 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!
- The art of pleasing consists in being pleased.
- A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.
- There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.
- Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.
- The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature.
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