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Quote by William Hazlitt
A scholar is like a book written in a dead language. It is not eve

A scholar is like a book written in a dead language. It is not every one that can read in it. – William Hazlitt

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Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that. – William Hazlitt

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A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could. – William Hazlitt

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No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history. – William Hazlitt

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There mark what ills the scholars life assail, toil, envy, want, and patron. – Samuel Johnson

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I am an old scholar, better-looking now than when I was young. Thats what sitting on your ass does to your face. – Leonard Cohen

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I cannot forgive a scholar his homeless despondency. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances. He plies the slow, unhonored, and unpaid task of observation. He is the worlds eye. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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