If you are ever at a loss to support a flagging conversation, introduce the subject of eating.

About Leigh Hunt

James Henry Leigh Hunt (19 October 1784 – 28 August 1859), best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist and poet.
Hunt co-founded The Examiner, a leading intellectual journal expounding radical principles.

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The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing.

Leigh Hunt

British critic, essayist, poet and writer (1784-1859)

Great woman belong to history and to self sacrifice.

Leigh Hunt

British critic, essayist, poet and writer (1784-1859)

The person who can be only serious or only cheerful, is but half a man.

Leigh Hunt

British critic, essayist, poet and writer (1784-1859)

Those who have lost an infant are never, in a way, without an infant.

Leigh Hunt

British critic, essayist, poet and writer (1784-1859)

The groundwork of all happiness is health.

Leigh Hunt

British critic, essayist, poet and writer (1784-1859)

The only place a new hat can be carried into with safety is a church, for there is plenty of room there.

Leigh Hunt

British critic, essayist, poet and writer (1784-1859)

Your second-hand bookseller is second to none in the worth of the treasures he dispenses.

Leigh Hunt

British critic, essayist, poet and writer (1784-1859)

It is books that teach us to refine our pleasures when young, and to recall them with satisfaction when we are old.

Leigh Hunt

British critic, essayist, poet and writer (1784-1859)

Colors are the smiles of nature.

Leigh Hunt

British critic, essayist, poet and writer (1784-1859)

If you are ever at a loss to support a flagging conversation, introduce the subject of eating.

Leigh Hunt

British critic, essayist, poet and writer (1784-1859)

Stolen kisses are always sweetest.

Leigh Hunt

British critic, essayist, poet and writer (1784-1859)

If you ever have to support a flagging conversation, introduce the topic of eating.

Leigh Hunt

British critic, essayist, poet and writer (1784-1859)

Sympathizing and selfish people are alike, both given to tears.

Leigh Hunt

British critic, essayist, poet and writer (1784-1859)

There are two worlds: the world we can measure with line and rule, and the world that we feel with our hearts and imagination.

Leigh Hunt

British critic, essayist, poet and writer (1784-1859)