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World Quotes by William Hazlitt
- 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…
- 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…
- A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it.
- Shall I faint, now that I have poured out the spirit of my mind to the world, and treated many subjects with truth, with freedom,…
- 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…
- The most sensible people to be met with in society are men of business and of the world, who argue from what they see and…
- From the height from which the great look down on the world all the rest of mankind seem equal.
- It is the vice of scholars to suppose that there is no knowledge in the world but that of books.
- One truth discovered, one pang of regret at not being able to express it, is better than all the fluency and flippancy in the world.
- Books are a world in themselves, it is true; but they are not the only world. The world itself is a volume larger than all…
- What I mean by living to one's-self is living in the world, as in it, not of it: it is as if no one know…
- 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…
- Those are ever the most ready to do justice to others, who feel that the world has done them justice.
- One of the pleasantest things in the world is going on a journey; but I like to go by myself.
- Painters... are the most lively observers of what passes in the world about them, and the closest observers of what passes in their own minds.
- However we may flatter ourselves to the contrary, our friends think no higher of us than the world do. They see us through the jaundiced…
- We cannot by a little verbal sophistry confound the qualities of different minds, nor force opposite excellences into a union by all the intolerance in…
- It has been the resolution of mankind in all ages of the world. No people, no age, ever threw away the fruits of past wisdom,…
- You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.
- Almost every sect of Christianity is a perversion of its essence, to accommodate it to the prejudices of the world.
- If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.
- The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less wise, neither better nor worse than your neighbours.
- The dupe of friendship, and the fool of love; have I not reason to hate and to despise myself? Indeed I do; and chiefly for…
- 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…
- The world dread nothing so much as being convinced of their errors.
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- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- The Third World is not a reality but an ideology. — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. — Aristotle
- Actually I am very glad that people can buy Armani - even if it's a fake. I like the fact that I'm… — Giorgio Armani
- I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between… — Julian Assange
- I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety. — Kevyn Aucoin
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is… — Richard Bach