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title: "33 May Quotes By William Hazlitt"
description: "33 May quotes by William Hazlitt. Plus more from William Hazlitt and more May sayings from other authors."
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> [The best kind of conversation is that which may be called thinking aloud.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/the-best-kind-of-conversation-is-that-which-may-be-called-thinking/)

[William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/)

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> [We may be willing to tell a story twice, never to hear it more than once.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/we-may-be-willing-to-tell-a-story-twice-never-to-hear-it-more-than/)

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> [Love may turn to indifference with possession.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/love-may-turn-to-indifference-with-possession/)

[William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/)

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> [Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/though-familiarity-may-not-breed-contempt-it-takes-off-the-edge-of/)

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> [The fear of punishment may be necessary to the suppression of vice; but it also suspends the finer motives of virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/the-fear-of-punishment-may-be-necessary-to-the-suppression-of-vice/)

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> [If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/if-we-wish-to-know-the-force-of-human-genius-we-should-read/)

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> [An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/an-honest-man-speaks-the-truth-though-it-may-give-offence-a-vain-man/)

[William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/)

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> [Wonder at the first sight of works of art may be the effect of ignorance and novelty; but real admiration and permanent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/wonder-at-the-first-sight-of-works-of-art-may-be-the-effect-of/)

[William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/)

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> [Human life may be regarded as a succession of frontispieces. The way to be satisfied is never to look back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/human-life-may-be-regarded-as-a-succession-of-frontispieces-the-way/)

[William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/)

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> [It may be made a question whether men grow wiser as they grow older, anymore than they grow stronger or healthier or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/it-may-be-made-a-question-whether-men-grow-wiser-as-they-grow-older/)

[William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/)

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> [There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/there-is-a-secret-pride-in-every-human-heart-that-revolts-at-tyranny/)

[William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/)

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> [Do not quarrel with the world too soon; for, bad as it may be, it is the best we have to live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/do-not-quarrel-with-the-world-too-soon-for-bad-as-it-may-be-it-is-the/)

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> [The soil of friendship is worn out with constant use. Habit may still attach us to each other, but we feel ourselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/the-soil-of-friendship-is-worn-out-with-constant-use-habit-may-still/)

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> [What passes in the world for talent or dexterity or enterprise is often only a want of moral principle. We may succeed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/what-passes-in-the-world-for-talent-or-dexterity-or-enterprise-is/)

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> [Any one may mouth out a passage with a theatrical cadence, or get upon stilts to tell his thoughts; but to write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/any-one-may-mouth-out-a-passage-with-a-theatrical-cadence-or-get-upon/)

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> [No wise man can have a contempt for the prejudices of others; and he should even stand in a certain awe of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/no-wise-man-can-have-a-contempt-for-the-prejudices-of-others-and-he/)

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> [Silence is one great art of conversation. He is not a fool who knows when to hold his tongue; and a person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/silence-is-one-great-art-of-conversation-he-is-not-a-fool-who-knows/)

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> [Art is the microscope of the mind, which sharpens the wit as the other does the sight; and converts every object into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/art-is-the-microscope-of-the-mind-which-sharpens-the-wit-as-the-other/)

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> [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/)

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> [This is the test and triumph of originality, not to show us what has never been, and what we may therefore very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/this-is-the-test-and-triumph-of-originality-not-to-show-us-what-has/)

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> [We are the creatures of imagination, passion, and self-will, more than of reason or even of self-interest. Even in the common transactions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/we-are-the-creatures-of-imagination-passion-and-self-will-more-than/)

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> [Any woman may act the part of a coquette successfully who has the reputation without the scruples of modesty. If a woman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/any-woman-may-act-the-part-of-a-coquette-successfully-who-has-the/)

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> [We cannot by a little verbal sophistry confound the qualities of different minds, nor force opposite excellences into a union by all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/we-cannot-by-a-little-verbal-sophistry-confound-the-qualities-of/)

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> [Tears may be considered as the natural and involuntary resource of the mind overcome by some sudden and violent emotion, before ithas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/tears-may-be-considered-as-the-natural-and-involuntary-resource-of/)

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> [When we hear complaints of the wretchedness or vanity of human life, the proper answer to them would be that there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/when-we-hear-complaints-of-the-wretchedness-or-vanity-of-human-life/)

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> [However we may flatter ourselves to the contrary, our friends think no higher of us than the world do. They see us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/however-we-may-flatter-ourselves-to-the-contrary-our-friends-think-no/)

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> [Anyone who has passed though the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not made a fool by it, may consider…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/anyone-who-has-passed-though-the-regular-gradations-of-a-classical/)

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> [Let a man's talents or virtues be what they may, he will only feel satisfaction in his society as he is satisfied…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/let-a-man-s-talents-or-virtues-be-what-they-may-he-will-only-feel/)

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> [Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/life-is-the-art-of-being-well-deceived-and-in-order-that-the/)

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> [There is room enough in human life to crowd almost every art and science in it. If we pass ""no day without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/there-is-room-enough-in-human-life-to-crowd-almost-every-art-and/)

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> [Every man, in judging of himself, is his own contemporary. He may feel the gale of popularity, but he cannot tell how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/every-man-in-judging-of-himself-is-his-own-contemporary-he-may-feel/)

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> [Violence ever defeats its own ends. Where you cannot drive you can always persuade. A gentle word, a kind look, a god-natured…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/violence-ever-defeats-its-own-ends-where-you-cannot-drive-you-can/)

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> [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/)

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## Other authors on May

## 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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