Psychology 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 most learned are often the most narrow minded.

— 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

“Travel's greatest purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.”

— 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

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

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

“Half the business of modern education is taken up in learning not to be ignorant; a process peculiarly unfavorable both to strength…

— William Hazlitt

He is to the great poet, what an excellent mimic is to a great actor. There is no determinate impression left on…

— 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

There are persons who cannot make friends. Who are they? Those who cannot be friends. It is not the want of understanding…

— 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

We must overact our part in some measure, in order to produce any effect at all.

— 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

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

— 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