Quote by William Hazlitt
The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet.

The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet. – William Hazlitt

Other quotes by William Hazlitt

The love of liberty is the love of others the love of power is the love of ourselves. – William Hazlitt

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A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. – William Hazlitt

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Sometimes you wonder how you got on this mountain. But sometimes you wonder, How will I get off? – Joan Manley

The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an immediate knowledge of its ugly side. – James Baldwin

Look around the inhabited world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue. – John Dryden

The most successful career must show a waste of strength that might have removed mountains, and the most unsuccessful is not that of the man who is taken unprepared, but of him who has prepared and is never taken. On a tragedy of that kind our national morality is duly silent. – E. M. Forster

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First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end. – Aristotle

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Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again. – Sarah Ban Breathnach

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Life in general has never been even close to fair, so the pretense that the government can make it fair is a valuable and inexhaustible asset to politicians who want to expand government. – Thomas Sowell

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The travel writer seeks the world we have lost – the lost valleys of the imagination. – Alexander Cockburn

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