A great man la an abstraction of some one excellence; but whoever fancies himself an abstraction of excellence, so far from being… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
We cannot by a little verbal sophistry confound the qualities of different minds, nor force opposite excellences into a union by all… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Men of the greatest genius are not always the most prodigal of their encomiums. But then it is when their range of… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
We often choose a friend as we do a mistress - for no particular excellence in themselves, but merely from some circumstance… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it is the ambition to attain the highest… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
First impressions are often the truest, as we find (not infrequently) to our cost, when we have been wheedled out of them by plausible… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
We are thankful for good-will rather than for services, for the motive than the quantum of favor received. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The discussing the characters and foibles of common friends is a great sweetness and cement of friendship. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Want of principle is power. Truth and honesty set a limit to our efforts, which impudence and hypocrisy easily overleap. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner doing it. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Those who have had none of the cares of this life to harass and disturb them, have been obliged to have recourse to the… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Poverty, when it is voluntary, is never despicable, but takes an heroical aspect. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
