The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.
Quote by 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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William Hazlitt Quotes
- Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.
- Defoe says that there were a hundred thousand country fellows in his time ready to fight to the death against popery, without knowing whether popery was a man or a horse.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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!
- Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.
- Prosperity is a great teacher adversity a greater.
- The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of ourselves by the same test: for it is on that on which our success in life depends.
- A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.
- A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could.
Best Quotes
- Anyone who's lost someone to cancer will say this, that you have to struggle to try to remember the person before the diagnosis happened, because they really do change - as anyone would change.
- Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive.
- The finest clothing made is a person's own skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this.
- Much can and must be done by governments, but they cannot of themselves change lives.
- In art as in love, instinct is enough.
- My mom grew up in poverty in Oklahoma - like Dust Bowl, nine people in one room kind of place - and the way she got out of poverty was through education. My dad grew up without a dad, with very little and he also made his way out through education.
- It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being.
- Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
- But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.
- Home is the place where, when you have to go there, They have to take you in.