--- title: "8 Advantage Quotes By William Hazlitt" description: "8 Advantage quotes by William Hazlitt. Plus more from William Hazlitt and more Advantage sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ee/william-hazlitt-326_advantage_i-maintain-that-there-is-no-common-langu_275270.png" --- > [I maintain that there is no common language or medium of understanding between people of education and without it - between those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/i-maintain-that-there-is-no-common-language-or-medium-of/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ee/william-hazlitt-326_advantage_i-maintain-that-there-is-no-common-langu_275270.png) > [Believe all the good you can of everyone. Do not measure others by yourself. If they have advantages which you have not,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/believe-all-the-good-you-can-of-everyone-do-not-measure-others-by/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12f/william-hazlitt-326_advantage_believe-all-the-good-you-can-of-everyone_395598.png) > [It might be argued, that to be a knave is the gift of fortune, but to play the fool to advantage it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/it-might-be-argued-that-to-be-a-knave-is-the-gift-of-fortune-but-to/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82a/william-hazlitt-326_advantage_it-might-be-argued-that-to-be-a-knave-is_1132331.png) > [It has been the resolution of mankind in all ages of the world. No people, no age, ever threw away the fruits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/it-has-been-the-resolution-of-mankind-in-all-ages-of-the-world-no/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98e/william-hazlitt-326_abuse_it-has-been-the-resolution-of-mankind-in_1386911.png) > [Death puts an end to rivalship and competition. The dead can boast no advantage over us, nor can we triumph over them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/death-puts-an-end-to-rivalship-and-competition-the-dead-can-boast-no/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/218/william-hazlitt-326_advantage_death-puts-an-end-to-rivalship-and-compe_2025113.png) > [A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/a-grave-blockhead-should-always-go-about-with-a-lively-one-they-show/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/074/william-hazlitt-326_advantage_a-grave-blockhead-should-always-go-about_2427165.png) > [Confidence gives a fool the advantage over a wise man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/confidence-gives-a-fool-the-advantage-over-a-wise-man/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e09/william-hazlitt-326_advantage_confidence-gives-a-fool-the-advantage-ov_2794265.png) > [Envy is the most universal passion. We only pride ourselves on the qualities we possess, or think we possess; but we envy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/envy-is-the-most-universal-passion-we-only-pride-ourselves-on-the/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1da/william-hazlitt-326_advantage_envy-is-the-most-universal-passion-we-on_3019351.jpg) ## Other authors on Advantage - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 30 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advantage/donald-trump/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sun-tzu-87907.jpg) Sun Tzu 25 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advantage/sun-tzu/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 25 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advantage/henry-david-thoreau/) - [Samuel Johnson 20 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advantage/samuel-johnson/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 14 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advantage/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jane-austen-47065.jpg) Jane Austen 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advantage/jane-austen/) - [Benjamin Franklin 14 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advantage/benjamin-franklin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-ambrose-bierce-12239.jpg) Ambrose Bierce 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advantage/ambrose-bierce/) - [Mark Twain 13 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advantage/mark-twain/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-50782.jpg) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advantage/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-james-madison-46533.jpg) James Madison 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advantage/james-madison/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-francois-de-la-rochefoucauld-146.jpg) Francois de La Rochefoucauld 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advantage/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/) ## 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/advantage/william-hazlitt/#itemlist", "name": "8 Advantage Quotes By William Hazlitt", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I maintain that there is no common language or medium of understanding between people of education and without it - between those who judge of things from books or from their senses. 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