The true barbarian is he who thinks every thing barbarous but his own tastes and prejudices.
Quotes from Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld's Maxims — William Hazlitt
1778–1830 England
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Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld's Maxims (1823)
Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.
Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld's Maxims (1823)
If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.
Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld's Maxims (1823)
One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect.
Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld's Maxims (1823)
Death is the greatest evil, because it cuts off hope.
Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld's Maxims (1823)
An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.
Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld's Maxims (1823)
Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.
Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld's Maxims (1823)
Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love.
Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld's Maxims (1823)
Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld's Maxims (1823)
It is well that there is no one without a fault; for he would not have a friend in the world.
Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld's Maxims (1823)
Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld's Maxims (1823)
Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld's Maxims (1823)
Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld's Maxims (1823)
He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.
Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld's Maxims (1823)
The most learned are often the most narrow-minded men.
Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld's Maxims (1823)
As is our confidence, so is our capacity.
Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld's Maxims (1823)
Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.
Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld's Maxims (1823)
There are names written in her immortal scroll, at which FAME blushes!
Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld's Maxims (1823)
Some persons make promises for the pleasure of breaking them.
Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld's Maxims (1823)
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