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William Hazlitt quotes: Experience makes us wise. Experience makes us wise.
William Hazlitt quotes: Those who are fond of setting things to rights, have no great objection to seeing them wrong. Those who are fond of setting things to rights, have no great objection to seeing them wrong.
William Hazlitt quotes: The discussing the characters and foibles of common friends is a great sweetness and cement of friendship. The discussing the characters and foibles of common friends is a great sweetness and cement of friendship.
William Hazlitt quotes: It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born and bred a Dissenter. It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born and bred a Dissenter.
William Hazlitt quotes: One truth discovered, one pang of regret at not being able to express it, is better than all the fluency and flippancy in the world. One truth discovered, one pang of regret at not being able to express it, is better than all the fluency and flippancy in the world.
William Hazlitt quotes: Every one in a crowd has the power to throw dirt; none out of ten have the inclination. Every one in a crowd has the power to throw dirt; none out of ten have the inclination.
William Hazlitt quotes: Well I've had a happy life. Well I've had a happy life.
William Hazlitt quotes: We are never so much disposed to quarrel with others as when we are dissatisfied with ourselves. We are never so much disposed to quarrel with others as when we are dissatisfied with ourselves.
William Hazlitt quotes: The way to secure success is to be more anxious about obtaining than about deserving it. The way to secure success is to be more anxious about obtaining than about deserving it.
William Hazlitt quotes: The world has been doing little else but playing at make-believe all its lifetime. The world has been doing little else but playing at make-believe all its lifetime.
William Hazlitt quotes: Features alone do not run in the blood; vices and virtues, genius and folly, are transmitted through the same sure but unseen channel. Features alone do not run in the blood; vices and virtues, genius and folly, are transmitted through the same sure but unseen channel.
William Hazlitt quotes: Books are a world in themselves, it is true; but they are not the only world. The world itself is a volume larger than all the libraries in it. Books are a world in themselves, it is true; but they are not the only world. The world itself is a volume larger than all the libraries in it.
William Hazlitt quotes: The greatest grossness sometimes accompanies the greatest refinement, as a natural relief. The greatest grossness sometimes accompanies the greatest refinement, as a natural relief.
William Hazlitt quotes: Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity. Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity.
William Hazlitt quotes: Refinement creates beauty everywhere. It is the grossness of the spectator that discovers anything like grossness in the object. Refinement creates beauty everywhere. It is the grossness of the spectator that discovers anything like grossness in the object.
William Hazlitt quotes: Humanity is to be met with in a den of robbers. Humanity is to be met with in a den of robbers.
William Hazlitt quotes: Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses. Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.
William Hazlitt quotes: Fashion constantly begins and ends in the two things it abhors most, singularity and vulgarity. Fashion constantly begins and ends in the two things it abhors most, singularity and vulgarity.
William Hazlitt quotes: I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me
William Hazlitt quotes: Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part. Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part.
William Hazlitt quotes: We are not satisfied to be right, unless we can prove others to be quite wrong. We are not satisfied to be right, unless we can prove others to be quite wrong.
William Hazlitt quotes: The true barbarian is he who thinks everything barbarous but his own tastes and prejudices. The true barbarian is he who thinks everything barbarous but his own tastes and prejudices.
William Hazlitt quotes: Envy is littleness of soul. Envy is littleness of soul.
William Hazlitt quotes: Those who can command themselves command others. Those who can command themselves command others.
William Hazlitt quotes: A thought must tell at once, or not at all. A thought must tell at once, or not at all.
William Hazlitt quotes: To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind. To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.
William Hazlitt quotes: Truth from the mouth of an honest man and severity from a good-natured man have a double effect. Truth from the mouth of an honest man and severity from a good-natured man have a double effect.
William Hazlitt quotes: Those only deserve a monument who do not need one; that is, who have raised themselves a monument in the minds and memories of men. Those only deserve a monument who do not need one; that is, who have raised themselves a monument in the minds and memories of men.
William Hazlitt quotes: Wit is, in fact, the eloquence of indifference. Wit is, in fact, the eloquence of indifference.
William Hazlitt quotes: Pride goes before a fall, they say, And yet we often find, The folks who throw all pride away Most often fall behind. Pride goes before a fall, they say, And yet we often find, The folks who throw all pride away Most often fall behind.
William Hazlitt quotes: Love may turn to indifference with possession. Love may turn to indifference with possession.
William Hazlitt quotes: Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of no more value than their dress. Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of no more value than their dress.
William Hazlitt quotes: An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may. An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.
William Hazlitt quotes: Malice often takes the garb of truth. Malice often takes the garb of truth.
William Hazlitt quotes: An honest man is respected by all parties. An honest man is respected by all parties.
William Hazlitt quotes: The insolence of the vulgar is in proportion to their ignorance. They treat everything with contempt which they do not understand. The insolence of the vulgar is in proportion to their ignorance. They treat everything with contempt which they do not understand.
William Hazlitt quotes: No man would, I think, exchange his existence with any other man, however fortunate. We had as lief not be, as not be ourselves. No man would, I think, exchange his existence with any other man, however fortunate. We had as lief not be, as not be ourselves.
William Hazlitt quotes: Those are ever the most ready to do justice to others, who feel that the world has done them justice. Those are ever the most ready to do justice to others, who feel that the world has done them justice.
William Hazlitt quotes: Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite
William Hazlitt quotes: Like a rustic at a fair, we are full of amazement and rapture, and have no thought of going home, or that it will soon be night. Like a rustic at a fair, we are full of amazement and rapture, and have no thought of going home, or that it will soon be night.
William Hazlitt quotes: There is a feeling of Eternity in youth which makes us amends for everything. To be young is to be as one of the Immortals. There is a feeling of Eternity in youth which makes us amends for everything. To be young is to be as one of the Immortals.
William Hazlitt quotes: Travel's greatest purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. Travel's greatest purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
William Hazlitt quotes: The only impeccable writers are those who never wrote. The only impeccable writers are those who never wrote.
William Hazlitt quotes: Genius only leaves behind it the monuments of its strength. Genius only leaves behind it the monuments of its strength.
William Hazlitt quotes: One truth discovered is immortal, and entitles its author to be so; for, like a new substance in nature, it cannot be destroyed. One truth discovered is immortal, and entitles its author to be so; for, like a new substance in nature, it cannot be destroyed.
William Hazlitt quotes: We can scarcely hate anyone that we know. We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.
William Hazlitt quotes: To speak highly of one with whom we are intimate is a species of egotism. Our modesty as well as our jealousy teaches us caution on this subject. To speak highly of one with whom we are intimate is a species of egotism. Our modesty as well as our jealousy teaches us caution on this subject.
William Hazlitt quotes: The last pleasure in life is the sense of discharging our duty. The last pleasure in life is the sense of discharging our duty.
William Hazlitt quotes: Who likes not his business, his business likes not him. Who likes not his business, his business likes not him.
William Hazlitt quotes: To the proud the slightest repulse or disappointment is the last indignity. To the proud the slightest repulse or disappointment is the last indignity.
William Hazlitt quotes: The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy. The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.
William Hazlitt quotes: To think justly, we must understand what others mean. To know the value of our thoughts, we must try their effect on other minds. To think justly, we must understand what others mean. To know the value of our thoughts, we must try their effect on other minds.
William Hazlitt quotes: Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity. Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.
William Hazlitt quotes: Art must anchor in nature, or it is the sport of every breath of folly. Art must anchor in nature, or it is the sport of every breath of folly.
William Hazlitt quotes: As is our confidence, so is our capacity As is our confidence, so is our capacity
William Hazlitt quotes: The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires to be constantly wound up. The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires to be constantly wound up.
William Hazlitt quotes: In what we really understand, we reason but little. In what we really understand, we reason but little.
William Hazlitt quotes: We are all of us, more or less, the slaves of opinion. We are all of us, more or less, the slaves of opinion.
William Hazlitt quotes: Diffidence and awkwardness are antidotes to love. Diffidence and awkwardness are antidotes to love.
William Hazlitt quotes: When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest. When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.
William Hazlitt quotes: The old maxim ... there are three things necessary to success in lifeImpudence! Impudence! Impudence! The old maxim ... there are three things necessary to success in life
Impudence! Impudence! Impudence!
William Hazlitt quotes: What I mean by living to one's self is living in the world, as in it, not of it. What I mean by living to one's self is living in the world, as in it, not of it.
William Hazlitt quotes: The ignorance of the world leaves one at the mercy of its malice. The ignorance of the world leaves one at the mercy of its malice.
William Hazlitt quotes: No truly great person ever thought themselves so. No truly great person ever thought themselves so.
William Hazlitt quotes: The rule for traveling abroad is to take our common sense with us, and leave our prejudices behind. The rule for traveling abroad is to take our common sense with us, and leave our prejudices behind.
William Hazlitt quotes: The multitude who require to be led, still hate their leaders. The multitude who require to be led, still hate their leaders.
William Hazlitt quotes: Nothing is more unjust or capricious than public opinion. Nothing is more unjust or capricious than public opinion.
William Hazlitt quotes: The great requisite for the prosperous management of ordinary business is the want of imagination. The great requisite for the prosperous management of ordinary business is the want of imagination.
William Hazlitt quotes: Vanity does not refer to the opinion a man entertains of himself, but to that which he wishes others to entertain of him. Vanity does not refer to the opinion a man entertains of himself, but to that which he wishes others to entertain of him.
William Hazlitt quotes: Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use. Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.
William Hazlitt quotes: While we desire, we do not enjoy; and with enjoyment desire ceases. While we desire, we do not enjoy; and with enjoyment desire ceases.
William Hazlitt quotes: Honesty is one part of eloquence. We persuade others by being in earnest ourselves. Honesty is one part of eloquence. We persuade others by being in earnest ourselves.
William Hazlitt quotes: There is an unseemly exposure of the mind, as well as of the body. There is an unseemly exposure of the mind, as well as of the body.
William Hazlitt quotes: Friendship is cemented by interest, vanity, or the want of amusement; it seldom implies esteem, or even mutual regard. Friendship is cemented by interest, vanity, or the want of amusement; it seldom implies esteem, or even mutual regard.
William Hazlitt quotes: He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a very low standard of it in his mind. He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a very low standard of it in his mind.
William Hazlitt quotes: It is better to drink of deep grief than to taste shallow pleasures. It is better to drink of deep grief than to taste shallow pleasures.
William Hazlitt quotes: The measure of any man's virtue is what he would do, if he had neither the laws nor public opinion, nor even his own prejudices, to control him. The measure of any man's virtue is what he would do, if he had neither the laws nor public opinion, nor even his own prejudices, to control him.
William Hazlitt quotes: No act terminating in itself constitutes greatness. No act terminating in itself constitutes greatness.
William Hazlitt quotes: Those people who are uncomfortable in themselves are disagreeable to others. Those people who are uncomfortable in themselves are disagreeable to others.
William Hazlitt quotes: Vice is man's nature: virtue is a habitor a mask. Vice is man's nature: virtue is a habit
or a mask.
William Hazlitt quotes: Those who speak ill of the spiritual life, although they come and go by day, are like the smith's bellows: they take breath but are not alive. Those who speak ill of the spiritual life, although they come and go by day, are like the smith's bellows: they take breath but are not alive.
William Hazlitt quotes: Just as much as we see in others we have in ourselves. Just as much as we see in others we have in ourselves.
William Hazlitt quotes: Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly, cold, comfortless, and distasteful. The stomach turns against them. Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly, cold, comfortless, and distasteful. The stomach turns against them.
William Hazlitt quotes: People do not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but to maintain an opinion for the sake of talking. People do not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but to maintain an opinion for the sake of talking.
William Hazlitt quotes: An accomplished coquette excites the passions of others, in proportion as she feels none herself. An accomplished coquette excites the passions of others, in proportion as she feels none herself.
William Hazlitt quotes: The world dread nothing so much as being convinced of their errors. The world dread nothing so much as being convinced of their errors.
William Hazlitt quotes: Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food. Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.
William Hazlitt quotes: Painters ... are the most lively observers of what passes in the world about them, and the closest observers of what passes in their own minds. Painters ... are the most lively observers of what passes in the world about them, and the closest observers of what passes in their own minds.
William Hazlitt quotes: Conceit is vanity driven from all other shifts, and forced to appeal to itself for admiration. Conceit is vanity driven from all other shifts, and forced to appeal to itself for admiration.
William Hazlitt quotes: Books wind into the heart. Books wind into the heart.
William Hazlitt quotes: Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them. Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.
William Hazlitt quotes: Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they labor in it, but they labor in it because they excel. Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they labor in it, but they labor in it because they excel.
William Hazlitt quotes: Nothing precludes sympathy so much as a perfect indifference to it Nothing precludes sympathy so much as a perfect indifference to it
William Hazlitt quotes: The time we lose is not in overdoing what we are about, but in doing nothing. The time we lose is not in overdoing what we are about, but in doing nothing.
William Hazlitt quotes: We hate old friends: we hate old books: we hate old opinions; and at last we come to hate ourselves. We hate old friends: we hate old books: we hate old opinions; and at last we come to hate ourselves.
William Hazlitt quotes: Pride is founded not on the sense of happiness, but on the sense of power. Pride is founded not on the sense of happiness, but on the sense of power.
William Hazlitt quotes: A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it. A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it.
William Hazlitt quotes: Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features. Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.
William Hazlitt quotes: A mighty stream of tendency. A mighty stream of tendency.
William Hazlitt quotes: One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect. One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect.

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