--- title: "19 Objects Quotes By William Hazlitt" description: "19 Objects quotes by William Hazlitt. Plus more from William Hazlitt and more Objects sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c40/william-hazlitt-326_envious_those-who-object-to-wit-are-envious-of-i_1445124.png" --- > [Those who object to wit are envious of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/those-who-object-to-wit-are-envious-of-it/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c40/william-hazlitt-326_envious_those-who-object-to-wit-are-envious-of-i_1445124.png) > [We would willingly, and without remorse, sacrifice not only the present moment, but all the interval (no matter how long) that separates…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/we-would-willingly-and-without-remorse-sacrifice-not-only-the-present/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/613/william-hazlitt-326_impatience_we-would-willingly-and-without-remorse-s_1780565.png) > [A woman's vanity is interested in making the object of her choice the god of her idolatry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/a-woman-s-vanity-is-interested-in-making-the-object-of-her-choice-the/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b10/william-hazlitt-326_choices_a-woman-s-vanity-is-interested-in-making_1315191.png) > [The number of objects we see from living in a large city amuses the mind like a perpetual raree-show, without supplying it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/the-number-of-objects-we-see-from-living-in-a-large-city-amuses-the/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5a/william-hazlitt-326_cities_the-number-of-objects-we-see-from-living_1010280.png) > [The objects that we have known in better days are the main props that sustain the weight of our affections, and give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/the-objects-that-we-have-known-in-better-days-are-the-main-props-that/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0e/william-hazlitt-326_affection_the-objects-that-we-have-known-in-better_2717920.png) > [Language, if it throws a veil over our ideas, adds a softness and refinement to them, like that which the atmosphere gives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/language-if-it-throws-a-veil-over-our-ideas-adds-a-softness-and/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/897/william-hazlitt-326_add_language-if-it-throws-a-veil-over-our-id_2164194.png) > [Refinement creates beauty everywhere. It is the grossness of the spectator that discovers anything like grossness in the object.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/refinement-creates-beauty-everywhere-it-is-the-grossness-of-the/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d3/william-hazlitt-326_beauty_refinement-creates-beauty-everywhere-it_1025320.png) > [Reflection brakes men cowards. There is no object that can be put in competition with life, unless it is viewed through the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/reflection-brakes-men-cowards-there-is-no-object-that-can-be-put-in/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be6/william-hazlitt-326_brake_reflection-brakes-men-cowards-there-is-n_2480568.png) > [The contemplation of truth and beauty is the proper object for which we were created, which calls forth the most intense desires…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/the-contemplation-of-truth-and-beauty-is-the-proper-object-for-which/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd6/william-hazlitt-326_beauty_the-contemplation-of-truth-and-beauty-is_1545445.png) > [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/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60e/william-hazlitt-326_art_art-is-the-microscope-of-the-mind-which_806775.png) > [Mankind are so ready to bestow their admiration on the dead, because the latter do not hear it, or because it gives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/mankind-are-so-ready-to-bestow-their-admiration-on-the-dead-because/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c17/william-hazlitt-326_admiration_mankind-are-so-ready-to-bestow-their-adm_2328890.png) > [I like a person who knows his own mind and sticks to it; who sees at once what is to be done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/i-like-a-person-who-knows-his-own-mind-and-sticks-to-it-who-sees-at-2/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c0/william-hazlitt-326_accomplish_i-like-a-person-who-knows-his-own-mind-a_2980868.png) > [Those who wish to forget painful thoughts do well to absent themselves for a while from, the ties and objects that recall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/those-who-wish-to-forget-painful-thoughts-do-well-to-absent/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e1/william-hazlitt-326_absent_those-who-wish-to-forget-painful-thought_1536323.png) > [Painting gives the object itself; poetry what it implies. Painting embodies what a thing contains in itself; poetry suggests what exists out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/painting-gives-the-object-itself-poetry-what-it-implies-painting/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/084/william-hazlitt-326_connected_painting-gives-the-object-itself-poetry_299367.png) > [What I mean by living to one's-self is living in the world, as in it, not of it: it is as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/what-i-mean-by-living-to-one-s-self-is-living-in-the-world-as-in-it-2/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce7/william-hazlitt-326_anxious_what-i-mean-by-living-to-one-s-self-is-l_2398980.png) > [Persons without education certainly do not want either acuteness or strength of mind in what concerns themselves, or in things immediately within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/persons-without-education-certainly-do-not-want-either-acuteness-or/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cab/william-hazlitt-326_abstraction_persons-without-education-certainly-do-n_1572227.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) > [People try to reconcile you to a disappointment in love by asking why you should cherish a passion for an object that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/people-try-to-reconcile-you-to-a-disappointment-in-love-by-asking-why/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/022/william-hazlitt-326_asking_people-try-to-reconcile-you-to-a-disappo_2126058.jpg) > [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) ## Other authors on Objects ## 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 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