--- title: "24 Persons Quotes By William Hazlitt" description: "24 Persons quotes by William Hazlitt. Plus more from William Hazlitt and more Persons sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/175/william-hazlitt-326_fool_a-knave-thinks-himself-a-fool-all-the-ti_985830.png" --- > [A knave thinks himself a fool, all the time he is not making a fool of some other person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/a-knave-thinks-himself-a-fool-all-the-time-he-is-not-making-a-fool-of/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/175/william-hazlitt-326_fool_a-knave-thinks-himself-a-fool-all-the-ti_985830.png) > [If a person has no delicacy, he has you in his power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/if-a-person-has-no-delicacy-he-has-you-in-his-power/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a39/william-hazlitt-326_delicacy_if-a-person-has-no-delicacy-he-has-you-i_1644326.png) > [I have known persons without a friend--never any one without some virtue. The virtues of the former conspired with their vices to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/i-have-known-persons-without-a-friend-never-any-one-without-some/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/290/william-hazlitt-326_enemy_i-have-known-persons-without-a-friend-ne_741720.png) > [I like a person who knows his own mind and sticks to it; who sees at once what, in given circumstances, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/i-like-a-person-who-knows-his-own-mind-and-sticks-to-it-who-sees-at/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4b/william-hazlitt-326_circumstances_i-like-a-person-who-knows-his-own-mind-a_399051.png) > [The title of Ultracrepidarian critics has been given to those persons who find fault with small and insignificant details.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/the-title-of-ultracrepidarian-critics-has-been-given-to-those-persons/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34d/william-hazlitt-326_critics_the-title-of-ultracrepidarian-critics-ha_2343062.png) > [We prefer a person with vivacity and high spirits, though bordering upon insolence, to the timid and pusillanimous; we are fonder of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/we-prefer-a-person-with-vivacity-and-high-spirits-though-bordering/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b53/william-hazlitt-326_dullness_we-prefer-a-person-with-vivacity-and-hig_653265.png) > [We prefer ourselves to others, only because we a have more intimate consciousness and confirmed opinion of our own claims and merits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/we-prefer-ourselves-to-others-only-because-we-a-have-more-intimate/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e7/william-hazlitt-326_claims_we-prefer-ourselves-to-others-only-becau_104605.png) > [Persons who undertake to pry into, or cleanse out all the filth of a common sewer, either cannot have very nice noses,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/persons-who-undertake-to-pry-into-or-cleanse-out-all-the-filth-of-a/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/346/william-hazlitt-326_censorship_persons-who-undertake-to-pry-into-or-cle_1763104.png) > [Of all virtues, magnanimity is the rarest. There are a hundred persons of merit for one who willingly acknowledges it in another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/of-all-virtues-magnanimity-is-the-rarest-there-are-a-hundred-persons/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c3/william-hazlitt-326_acknowledge_of-all-virtues-magnanimity-is-the-rarest_1200332.png) > [Persons of slender intellectual stamina dread competition, as dwarfs are afraid of being run over in the street.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/persons-of-slender-intellectual-stamina-dread-competition-as-dwarfs/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f95/william-hazlitt-326_competition_persons-of-slender-intellectual-stamina_2552379.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) > [The only true retirement is that of the heart; the only true leisure is the repose of the passions. To such persons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/the-only-true-retirement-is-that-of-the-heart-the-only-true-leisure/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/476/william-hazlitt-326_dies_the-only-true-retirement-is-that-of-the_1892074.jpg) > [I do not think that what is called Love at first sight is so great an absurdity as it is sometimes imagined…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/i-do-not-think-that-what-is-called-love-at-first-sight-is-so-great-an/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a3/william-hazlitt-326_absurdity_i-do-not-think-that-what-is-called-love_2548967.png) > [There are some persons who never succeed from being too indolent to undertake anything; and others who regularly fail, because the instant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/there-are-some-persons-who-never-succeed-from-being-too-indolent-to/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c86/william-hazlitt-326_failing_there-are-some-persons-who-never-succeed_442907.png) > [Our opinions are not our own, but in the power of sympathy. If a person tells us a palpable falsehood, we not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/our-opinions-are-not-our-own-but-in-the-power-of-sympathy-if-a-person/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acb/william-hazlitt-326_dare_our-opinions-are-not-our-own-but-in-the_1656787.jpg) > [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/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/934/william-hazlitt-326_art_silence-is-one-great-art-of-conversation_2854091.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) > [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) > [Grace in women has more effect than beauty. We sometimes see a certain fine self-possession, an habitual voluptuousness of character, which reposes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/grace-in-women-has-more-effect-than-beauty-we-sometimes-see-a-certain/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/940/william-hazlitt-326_air_grace-in-women-has-more-effect-than-beau_252204.jpg) > [As a general rule, those who are dissatisfied with themselves will seek to go out of themselves into an ideal world. Persons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/as-a-general-rule-those-who-are-dissatisfied-with-themselves-will/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/614/william-hazlitt-326_air_as-a-general-rule-those-who-are-dissatis_2205140.png) > [There are persons who are never easy unless they are putting your books and papers in order--that is, according to their notions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/there-are-persons-who-are-never-easy-unless-they-are-putting-your/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9dd/william-hazlitt-326_abraham_there-are-persons-who-are-never-easy-unl_1563432.png) > [A person who talks with equal vivacity on every subject, excites no interest in any. Repose is as necessary in conversation as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/a-person-who-talks-with-equal-vivacity-on-every-subject-excites-no/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cab/william-hazlitt-326_communication_a-person-who-talks-with-equal-vivacity-o_731022.png) > [What are the publications that succeed? Those that pretend to teach the public that the persons they have been accustomed unwittingly to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/what-are-the-publications-that-succeed-those-that-pretend-to-teach/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/354/william-hazlitt-326_accustomed_what-are-the-publications-that-succeed-t_2859481.png) > [They are, as it were, train-bearers in the pageant of life, and hold a glass up to humanity, frailer than itself. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/they-are-as-it-were-train-bearers-in-the-pageant-of-life-and-hold-a/) [William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/027/william-hazlitt-326_acting_they-are-as-it-were-train-bearers-in-the_595865.jpg) ## Other authors on Persons ## 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/persons/william-hazlitt/#itemlist", "name": "24 Persons Quotes By William Hazlitt", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A knave thinks himself a fool, all the time he is not making a fool of some other person.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Hazlitt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/a-knave-thinks-himself-a-fool-all-the-time-he-is-not-making-a-fool-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/175/william-hazlitt-326_fool_a-knave-thinks-himself-a-fool-all-the-ti_985830.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/175/william-hazlitt-326_fool_a-knave-thinks-himself-a-fool-all-the-ti_985830.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/175/william-hazlitt-326_fool_a-knave-thinks-himself-a-fool-all-the-ti_985830.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A knave thinks himself a fool, all the time he is not making a fool of some other person.” — William Hazlitt", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If a person has no delicacy, he has you in his power.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Hazlitt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/if-a-person-has-no-delicacy-he-has-you-in-his-power/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a39/william-hazlitt-326_delicacy_if-a-person-has-no-delicacy-he-has-you-i_1644326.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a39/william-hazlitt-326_delicacy_if-a-person-has-no-delicacy-he-has-you-i_1644326.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a39/william-hazlitt-326_delicacy_if-a-person-has-no-delicacy-he-has-you-i_1644326.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If a person has no delicacy, he has you in his power.” — William Hazlitt", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have known persons without a friend--never any one without some virtue. 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