Mind Quotes by William Hazlitt

There is an unseemly exposure of the mind, as well as of the body.

— William Hazlitt

A great mind is one that can forget or look beyond itself.

— William Hazlitt

The worst old age is that of the mind.

— William Hazlitt

Affectation is as necessary to the mind as dress is to the body.

— William Hazlitt

The same reason makes a man a religious enthusiast that makes a man an enthusiast in any other way ... an uncomfortable…

— William Hazlitt

The book-worm wraps himself up in his web of verbal generalities, and sees only the glimmering shadows of things reflected from the…

— William Hazlitt

The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires constantly to be wound up

— William Hazlitt

To be wiser than other men is to be honester than they; and strength of mind is only courage to see and…

— William Hazlitt

He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a very low standard of it in his…

— William Hazlitt

The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires to be constantly wound up.

— William Hazlitt

The mind revolts against certain opinions, as the stomach rejects certain foods.

— William Hazlitt

Those only deserve a monument who do not need one; that is, who have raised themselves a monument in the minds and…

— William Hazlitt

I hate to be near the sea, and to hear it roaring and raging like a wild beast in its den. It…

— William Hazlitt

The expression of a gentleman's face is not so much that of refinement, as of flexibility, not of sensibility and enthusiasm as…

— William Hazlitt

The slaves of power mind the cause they have to serve, because their own interest is concerned; but the friends of liberty…

— William Hazlitt

The confined air of a metropolis is hurtful to the minds and bodies of those who have never lived out of it.…

— William Hazlitt

The surest hindrance of success is to have too high a standard of refinement in our own minds, or too high an…

— William Hazlitt

In exploring new and doubtful tracts of speculation, the mind strikes out true and original views; as a drop of water hesitates…

— William Hazlitt

It is not the passion of a mind struggling with misfortune, or the hopelessness of its desires, but of a mind preying…

— William Hazlitt

I like a person who knows his own mind and sticks to it; who sees at once what is to be done…

— William Hazlitt

Persons without education certainly do not want either acuteness or strength of mind in what concerns themselves, or in things immediately within…

— William Hazlitt

Art is the microscope of the mind, which sharpens the wit as the other does the sight; and converts every object into…

— William Hazlitt

There is nothing so remote from vanity as true genius. It is almost as natural for those who are endowed with the…

— William Hazlitt

This is the test and triumph of originality, not to show us what has never been, and what we may therefore very…

— William Hazlitt

The love of fame is too high and delicate a feeling in the mind to be mixed up with realities, it is…

— William Hazlitt

If goodness were only a theory, it were a pity it should be lost to the world. There are a number of…

— William Hazlitt

We cannot by a little verbal sophistry confound the qualities of different minds, nor force opposite excellences into a union by all…

— William Hazlitt

Tears may be considered as the natural and involuntary resource of the mind overcome by some sudden and violent emotion, before ithas…

— William Hazlitt

The number of objects we see from living in a large city amuses the mind like a perpetual raree-show, without supplying it…

— William Hazlitt

I like a person who knows his own mind and sticks to it; who sees at once what, in given circumstances, is…

— William Hazlitt

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of…

— William Hazlitt

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it.

— William Hazlitt

To think justly, we must understand what others mean. To know the value of our thoughts, we must try their effect on…

— William Hazlitt

Painters... are the most lively observers of what passes in the world about them, and the closest observers of what passes in…

— William Hazlitt

Vulgar prejudices are those which arise out of accident, ignorance, or authority; natural prejudices are those which arise out of the constitution…

— William Hazlitt

Languages happily restrict the mind to what is of its own native growth and fitted for it, as rivers and mountains bond…

— William Hazlitt

Popularity disarms envy in well-disposed minds. Those are ever the most ready to do justice to others who feel that the world…

— William Hazlitt

It is easier taking the beaten path than making our way over bogs and precipices. The great difficulty in philosophy is to…

— William Hazlitt

Shall I faint, now that I have poured out the spirit of my mind to the world, and treated many subjects with…

— William Hazlitt

I do not think that what is called Love at first sight is so great an absurdity as it is sometimes imagined…

— William Hazlitt