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If goodness were only a theor...

If goodness were only a theory, it were a pity it should be lost to the world. There are a number of things, the idea of which is a clear gain to the mind. Let people, for instance, rail at friendship, genius, freedom, as long as they will -the very names of these despised qualities are better than anything else that could be substituted for them, and embalm even the most envenomed satire against them.

William Hazlitt 833 quotes

The safest kind of praise is ...

The safest kind of praise is to foretell that another will become great in some particular way. It has the greatest show of magnanimity and the least of it in reality.

William Hazlitt 833 quotes

The Princess Borghese, Bonapa...

The Princess Borghese, Bonaparte's sister, who was no saint, sat to Canova as a reclining Venus, and being asked if she did not feel a little uncomfortable, replied, "No. There was a fire in the room."

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The surest hindrance of succe...

The surest hindrance of success is to have too high a standard of refinement in our own minds, or too high an opinion of the judgment of the public. He who is determined not to be satisfied with anything short of perfection will never do anything to please himself or others.

William Hazlitt 833 quotes

The great requisite for the p...

The great requisite for the prosperous management of ordinary business is the want of imagination.

William Hazlitt 833 quotes

I have a much greater ambitio...

I have a much greater ambition to be the best racket player than the best prose writer.

William Hazlitt 833 quotes

They [corporations] feel neit...

They [corporations] feel neither shame, remorse, gratitude, nor goodwill.

William Hazlitt 833 quotes

It is well there is no one wi...

It is well there is no one without fault; for he would not have a friend in the world. He would seem to belong to s different species.

William Hazlitt 833 quotes

A man in love prefers his pas...

A man in love prefers his passion to every other consideration, and is fonder of his mistress than he is of virtue. Should she prove vicious, she makes vice lovely in his eyes.

William Hazlitt 833 quotes

Indolence is a delightful but...

Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.

William Hazlitt 833 quotes

Our contempt for others prove...

Our contempt for others proves nothing but the illiberality and narrowness of our own views.

William Hazlitt 833 quotes

One of the pleasantest things...

One of the pleasantest things in the world is going on a journey; I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me. I am then never less alone than when alone.

William Hazlitt 833 quotes

Avarice is the miser's dream,...

Avarice is the miser's dream, as fame is the poet's.

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Poverty is the test of civili...

Poverty is the test of civility and the touchstone of friendship.

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Vice is man's nature: virtue ...

Vice is man's nature: virtue is a habit--or a mask.

William Hazlitt 833 quotes

Every man, in judging of hims...

Every man, in judging of himself, is his own contemporary. He may feel the gale of popularity, but he cannot tell how long it will last. His opinion of himself wants distance, wants time, wants numbers, to set it off and confirm it.

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Learning is, in too many case...

Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for true knowledge. Books are less often made use of as spectacles to look at nature with, than as blinds to keep out its strong light and shifting scenery from weak eyes and indolent dispositions. The learned are mere literary drudges.

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Envy is the most universal pa...

Envy is the most universal passion. We only pride ourselves on the qualities we possess, or think we possess; but we envy the pretensions we have, and those which we have not, and do not even wish for. We envy the greatest qualities and every trifling advantage. We envy the most ridiculous appearance or affectation of superiority. We envy folly and conceit; nay, we go so far as to envy whatever confers distinction of notoriety, even vice and infamy.

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Our opinions are not our own,...

Our opinions are not our own, but in the power of sympathy. If a person tells us a palpable falsehood, we not only dare not contradict him, but we dare hardly disbelieve him to his face. A lie boldly uttered has the effect of truth for the instant.

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A life of action and danger m...

A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death. It not only gives us fortitude to bear pain, but teaches us at every step the precarious tenure on which we hold our present being.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....