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.
British critic, essayist, poet and writer (1784-1859)
Great woman belong to history and to self sacrifice.
British critic, essayist, poet and writer (1784-1859)
The person who can be only serious or only cheerful, is but half a man.
British critic, essayist, poet and writer (1784-1859)
Those who have lost an infant are never, in a way, without an infant.
British critic, essayist, poet and writer (1784-1859)
The groundwork of all happiness is health.
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.
British critic, essayist, poet and writer (1784-1859)
Your second-hand bookseller is second to none in the worth of the treasures he dispenses.
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.
British critic, essayist, poet and writer (1784-1859)
Colors are the smiles of nature.
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.
British critic, essayist, poet and writer (1784-1859)
Stolen kisses are always sweetest.
British critic, essayist, poet and writer (1784-1859)
If you ever have to support a flagging conversation, introduce the topic of eating.
British critic, essayist, poet and writer (1784-1859)
Sympathizing and selfish people are alike, both given to tears.
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.
British critic, essayist, poet and writer (1784-1859)