William Hazlitt
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The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.
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The humblest painter is a true scholar and the best of scholars the scholar of nature.
Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.
No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history.
The humblest painter is a true scholar and the best of scholars the scholar of nature.
We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.
An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence a vain man, in order that it may.
Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that.
Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.
Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.
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.
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Knowledge is a beautiful thing, but there are a few things I wish I didn't know.
Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines.
Music is my religion.
We can make a commitment to promote vegetables and fruits and whole grains on every part of every menu. We can make portion sizes smaller and emphasize quality over quantity. And we can help create a culture - imagine this - where our kids ask for healthy options instead of resisting them.
The only words that ever satisfied me as describing Nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell, enchantment. They express the arbitrariness of the fact and its mystery.
There is much to dislike about President Obama's approach to the financial crisis. But opposition, it seems, will have to come from somewhere other than conservatism. The party out of power is also a party out of touch.
A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that 'individuality' is the key to success.
I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, on condition of being turned into a sort of clock and would up every morning before I got out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer.
It only looks like I get to eat a lot of food on TV. I really just get the one bite and the crew and guests eat everything else.
I just want to be healthy and stay alive and keep my family going and everything and keep my friends going and try to do something so that this world will be peaceful. That is the most ambitious and the most difficult thing, but I'm there trying to do it.
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