Leigh Hunt Quotes

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

Selfish, Both, Tears

Great woman belong to history and to self sacrifice.
Leigh Hunt

Great, History, Woman

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

Person, Serious, Cheerful

Colors are the smiles of nature.
Leigh Hunt

Smile, Nature, Colors

Stolen kisses are always sweetest.
Leigh Hunt

Sweetest, Stolen, Kisses

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

Famous, Nothing, Everything

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

Food, Support, Loss

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

Support, Eating, Introduce

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

Young, Old, Books

The groundwork of all happiness is health.
Leigh Hunt

Fitness, Happiness, Health

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

Place, Church, Room

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

Two, Line, Rule

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

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

Worth, Second, Treasures

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Poet

Born: October 19, 1784

Died: August 28, 1859

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