An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence a vain man, in order that it may.
Quote by William Hazlitt
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An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence a vain man, in order that it may.
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William Hazlitt Quotes
- Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire in your eye, adorn your person, maintain your health, your beauty and your animal spirits.
- 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.
- Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that.
- 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.
- A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we do not believe in it, it still haunts our apprehensions.
- 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.
- To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue.
- Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.
- The seat of knowledge is in the head of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right.
- A wise traveler never despises his own country.
Best Quotes
- The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.
- It's not an accident that both my sister and I are writers. Our parents created an accidental Petri dish. My family has great storytellers, and I grew up in a very funny, conversational house and didn't have television. This small family farm was a bubble world that didn't have much to do with reality.
- I have been recently diagnosed with Sjogren's Syndrome, an autoimmune disease which is an ongoing medical condition that affects my energy level and causes fatigue and joint pain.
- Character matters leadership descends from character.
- Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
- Man is by nature a political animal.
- I believe wholeheartedly in marriage. I don't exclusively mean a marriage with a legal contract, but any relationship that constitutes a marriage because of the quality of their relationship.
- This means that no single logic is strong enough to support the total construction of human knowledge.
- One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.
- Getting married and starting a family has been a lifelong goal and one that I have persevered through different paths up to it!