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Words Quotes by William Hazlitt
- A man's reputation is not in his own keeping, but lies at the mercy of the profligacy of others. Calumny requires no proof. The throwing…
- I hate anything that occupies more space than it is worth... I hate to see a parcel of big words without anything in them.
- Words are the only things that last for ever.
- There is a softness and a harmony in the words and in the thought unparalleled. Of all conceits it is surely the most classical. "I…
- Or have I passed my time in pouring words like water into empty sieves, rolling a stone up a hill and then down again, trying…
- Poetry is only the highest eloquence of passion, the most vivid form of expression that can be given to our conception of anything, whether pleasurable…
- I conceive that words are like money, not the worse for being common, but that it is the stamp of custom alone that gives them…
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- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi
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- Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both verbal and… — Rowan Atkinson
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- The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences. — Saint Augustine
- Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride… — Jane Austen
- Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the… — Teresa of Avila
- The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are suitable or… — Teresa of Avila