--- title: "3 Absurdity Quotes By William Hazlitt" description: "3 Absurdity quotes by William Hazlitt. Plus more from William Hazlitt and more Absurdity sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/111/william-hazlitt-326_absurdity_humour-is-the-making-others-act-or-talk_938631.png" --- > [Humour is the making others act or talk absurdly and unconsciously; wit is the pointing out and ridiculing that absurdity consciously, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/humour-is-the-making-others-act-or-talk-absurdly-and-unconsciously/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/111/william-hazlitt-326_absurdity_humour-is-the-making-others-act-or-talk_938631.png) > [“From the sublime to the ridiculous there is but one step.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/from-the-sublime-to-the-ridiculous-there-is-but-one-step/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78f/william-hazlitt-326_absurdity_from-the-sublime-to-the-ridiculous-there_1982707.png) > [I do not think that what is called Love at first sight is so great an absurdity as it is sometimes imagined…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/i-do-not-think-that-what-is-called-love-at-first-sight-is-so-great-an/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a3/william-hazlitt-326_absurdity_i-do-not-think-that-what-is-called-love_2548967.png) ## Other authors on Absurdity - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-lynch-27713.jpg) David Lynch 19 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absurdity/david-lynch/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-camus-10482.jpg) Albert Camus 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absurdity/albert-camus/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-voltaire-94063.jpg) Voltaire 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absurdity/voltaire/) - [Mehmet Murat Ildan 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absurdity/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-adams-50864.jpg) John Adams 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absurdity/john-adams/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-hume-27582.jpg) David Hume 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absurdity/david-hume/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absurdity/thomas-jefferson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-a-philip-randolph-8525.jpg) Frederick The Great 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absurdity/frederick-the-great/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-arthur-schopenhauer-15054.jpg) Arthur Schopenhauer 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absurdity/arthur-schopenhauer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-vaclav-havel-93019.jpg) Vaclav Havel 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absurdity/vaclav-havel/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-paine-90547.jpg) Thomas Paine 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absurdity/thomas-paine/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-dean-koontz-28245.jpg) Dean Koontz 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absurdity/dean-koontz/) ## More by William Hazlitt > [First impressions are often the truest, as we find (not infrequently) to our cost, when we have been wheedled out of them by plausible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/first-impressions-are-often-the-truest-as-we-find-not-infrequently-to/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) > [The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/the-art-of-life-is-to-know-how-to-enjoy-a-little-and-to-endure-very/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) > [We are thankful for good-will rather than for services, for the motive than the quantum of favor received.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/we-are-thankful-for-good-will-rather-than-for-services-for-the-motive/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) > [The discussing the characters and foibles of common friends is a great sweetness and cement of friendship.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/the-discussing-the-characters-and-foibles-of-common-friends-is-a/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) > [Want of principle is power. Truth and honesty set a limit to our efforts, which impudence and hypocrisy easily overleap.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/want-of-principle-is-power-truth-and-honesty-set-a-limit-to-our/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) > [Repose is as necessary in conversation as in a picture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/repose-is-as-necessary-in-conversation-as-in-a-picture/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) > [No act terminating in itself constitutes greatness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/no-act-terminating-in-itself-constitutes-greatness/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) > [Vice is man's nature: virtue is a habit--or a mask.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/vice-is-man-s-nature-virtue-is-a-habit-or-a-mask/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) > [We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner doing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/we-never-do-anything-well-till-we-cease-to-think-about-the-manner/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) > [Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/man-is-the-only-animal-that-laughs-and-weeps-for-he-is-the-only/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) > [Those who have had none of the cares of this life to harass and disturb them, have been obliged to have recourse to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/those-who-have-had-none-of-the-cares-of-this-life-to-harass-and/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) > [Poverty, when it is voluntary, is never despicable, but takes an heroical aspect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/poverty-when-it-is-voluntary-is-never-despicable-but-takes-an/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) > [We are not satisfied to be right, unless we can prove others to be quite wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/we-are-not-satisfied-to-be-right-unless-we-can-prove-others-to-be/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) > [The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of ourselves by the same test: for it is on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/the-world-judge-of-men-by-their-ability-in-their-profession-and-we/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) > [The best part of our lives we pass in counting on what is to come.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/the-best-part-of-our-lives-we-pass-in-counting-on-what-is-to-come/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absurdity/william-hazlitt/#itemlist", "name": "3 Absurdity Quotes By William Hazlitt", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Humour is the making others act or talk absurdly and unconsciously; wit is the pointing out and ridiculing that absurdity consciously, and with more or less ill-nature.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Hazlitt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/humour-is-the-making-others-act-or-talk-absurdly-and-unconsciously/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/111/william-hazlitt-326_absurdity_humour-is-the-making-others-act-or-talk_938631.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/111/william-hazlitt-326_absurdity_humour-is-the-making-others-act-or-talk_938631.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/111/william-hazlitt-326_absurdity_humour-is-the-making-others-act-or-talk_938631.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Humour is the making others act or talk absurdly and unconsciously; wit is the pointing out and ridiculing…” — William Hazlitt", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“From the sublime to the ridiculous there is but one step.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Hazlitt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/from-the-sublime-to-the-ridiculous-there-is-but-one-step/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78f/william-hazlitt-326_absurdity_from-the-sublime-to-the-ridiculous-there_1982707.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78f/william-hazlitt-326_absurdity_from-the-sublime-to-the-ridiculous-there_1982707.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78f/william-hazlitt-326_absurdity_from-the-sublime-to-the-ridiculous-there_1982707.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“From the sublime to the ridiculous there is but one step.” — William Hazlitt", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I do not think that what is called Love at first sight is so great an absurdity as it is sometimes imagined to be. We generally make up our minds beforehand to the sort of person we should like, grave or gay, black, brown, or fair; with golden tresses or raven locks; - and when we meet with a complete example of the qualities we admire, the bargain is soon struck.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Hazlitt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/i-do-not-think-that-what-is-called-love-at-first-sight-is-so-great-an/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a3/william-hazlitt-326_absurdity_i-do-not-think-that-what-is-called-love_2548967.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a3/william-hazlitt-326_absurdity_i-do-not-think-that-what-is-called-love_2548967.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a3/william-hazlitt-326_absurdity_i-do-not-think-that-what-is-called-love_2548967.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I do not think that what is called Love at first sight is so great an absurdity as it is sometimes imagined…” — William Hazlitt", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absurdity/william-hazlitt/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absurdity/william-hazlitt/", "name": "Absurdity Quotes by William Hazlitt", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absurdity/william-hazlitt/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/111/william-hazlitt-326_absurdity_humour-is-the-making-others-act-or-talk_938631.png" }, "description": "3 Absurdity quotes by William Hazlitt. Plus more from William Hazlitt and more Absurdity sayings from other authors.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absurdity/william-hazlitt/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absurdity/william-hazlitt/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Absurdity", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absurdity/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "name": "William Hazlitt", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absurdity/william-hazlitt/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```