Quotes

“That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident.” William Hazlitt

“The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires to be constantly wound up.” William Hazlitt

“The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right.” William Hazlitt

“The true barbarian is he who thinks everything barbarous but his own tastes and prejudices.” William Hazlitt

“Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of no more value than their dress.” William Hazlitt

“To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with us.” William Hazlitt

“To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue.” William Hazlitt

“When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.” William Hazlitt

“Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.” William Hazlitt

“There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we profess to entertain for our firends. It is little better than a piece of quackery. The truth is, we think of them as we please, that is, as they please or displease us.” William Hazlitt

“Dandyism is a variety of genius.” William Hazlitt

“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

“Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.” William Hazlitt

“Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.” William Hazlitt

“He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.” William Hazlitt

“I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about.” William Hazlitt

“If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it was printed yesterday or three hundred years ago.” William Hazlitt

“If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.” William Hazlitt

“It is better to be able neither to read nor write than to be able to do nothing else.” William Hazlitt

“It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born and bred a Dissenter.” William Hazlitt

“Learning is its own exceeding great reward.” William Hazlitt

“No young man ever thinks he shall die.” William Hazlitt

“Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly, cold, comfortless, and distasteful. The stomach turns against them.” William Hazlitt

“One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect.” William Hazlitt

“Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love.” William Hazlitt

“Some one is generally sure to be the sufferer by a joke.” William Hazlitt

“The busier we are the more leisure we have.” William Hazlitt

“The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation.” William Hazlitt

“The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars the scholar of nature.” William Hazlitt

“The incentive to ambition is the love of power.” William Hazlitt