“The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars the scholar of nature.” William Hazlitt
“The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness than the destruction of millions of our fellow-beings.” William Hazlitt
“The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never did me the smallest favor.” William Hazlitt
“The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less wise, neither better nor worse than your neighbours.” William Hazlitt
“There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion.” William Hazlitt
“There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they will not let you have it.” William Hazlitt
“To a superior race of being the pretensions of mankind to extraordinary sanctity and virtue must seem... ridiculous.” William Hazlitt
“To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with contempt while we are living.” William Hazlitt
“To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to theirs; and it is necessary to follow, in order to lead.” William Hazlitt
“We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.” William Hazlitt
“We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation.” William Hazlitt
“Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my way across the room.” William Hazlitt
“If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning, we may study his commentators.” William Hazlitt
“Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine or sup to break up more than one intimacy.” William Hazlitt
