Maxioms by William Hazlitt
Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.
Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.
The way to procure insults is to submit to them: a man meets with no more respect than he exacts.
The way to procure insults is to submit to them: a man meets with no more respect than he exacts.
I should like to spend the whole of my life in travelling abroad, if I could anywhere borrow another life read more
I should like to spend the whole of my life in travelling abroad, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend afterwards at home.
To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with contempt while we are living.
To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with contempt while we are living.
One said he wondered that leather was not dearer than any other
thing. Being demanded a reason: because, saith read more
One said he wondered that leather was not dearer than any other
thing. Being demanded a reason: because, saith he, it is more
stood upon than any other thing in the world.
- William Hazlitt,