--- title: "8 Fancy Quotes By William Hazlitt" description: "8 Fancy quotes by William Hazlitt. Plus more from William Hazlitt and more Fancy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2c/william-hazlitt-326_errors_true-friendship-is-self-love-at-second-h_145233.png" --- > [True friendship is self-love at second hand; where, as in a flattering mirror we may see our virtues magnified and our errors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/true-friendship-is-self-love-at-second-hand-where-as-in-a-flattering/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2c/william-hazlitt-326_errors_true-friendship-is-self-love-at-second-h_145233.png) > [A great man la an abstraction of some one excellence; but whoever fancies himself an abstraction of excellence, so far from being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/a-great-man-la-an-abstraction-of-some-one-excellence-but-whoever/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26c/william-hazlitt-326_abstraction_a-great-man-la-an-abstraction-of-some-on_647781.png) > [The poetical impression of any object is that uneasy, exquisite sense of beauty or power that cannot be contained within itself; that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/the-poetical-impression-of-any-object-is-that-uneasy-exquisite-sense/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1b/william-hazlitt-326_beauty_the-poetical-impression-of-any-object-is_657382.png) > [Poetry is only the highest eloquence of passion, the most vivid form of expression that can be given to our conception of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/poetry-is-only-the-highest-eloquence-of-passion-the-most-vivid-form/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c49/william-hazlitt-326_coincidence_poetry-is-only-the-highest-eloquence-of_810117.png) > [His hypothesis goes to this - to make the common run of his readers fancy they can do all that can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/his-hypothesis-goes-to-this-to-make-the-common-run-of-his-readers/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98a/william-hazlitt-326_believe_his-hypothesis-goes-to-this-to-make-the_1624037.png) > [Whatever is placed beyond the reach of sense and knowledge, whatever is imperfectly discerned, the fancy pieces out at its leisure; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/whatever-is-placed-beyond-the-reach-of-sense-and-knowledge-whatever/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0a/william-hazlitt-326_borders_whatever-is-placed-beyond-the-reach-of-s_2035555.png) > [Humour is the describing the ludicrous as it is in itself; wit is the exposing it, by comparing or contrasting it with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/humour-is-the-describing-the-ludicrous-as-it-is-in-itself-wit-is-the/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b16/william-hazlitt-326_accidents_humour-is-the-describing-the-ludicrous-a_2681722.png) > [With women, the great business of life is love; and they generally make a mistake in it. They consult neither the heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/with-women-the-great-business-of-life-is-love-and-they-generally-make/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e16/william-hazlitt-326_business_with-women-the-great-business-of-life-is_2719753.jpg) ## Other authors on Fancy ## 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/fancy/william-hazlitt/#itemlist", "name": "8 Fancy Quotes By William Hazlitt", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "True friendship is self-love at second hand; 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