No wise man can have a contempt for the prejudices of others; and he should even stand in a certain awe of… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and an idiot has some advantages over a… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Society is a more level surface than we imagine. Wise men or absolute fools are hard to be met with, as there… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less wise, neither better nor worse than your… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Society is a more level surface than we imagine. Wise men or absolute fools are hard to be met with, as there… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Religion either makes men wise and virtuous, or it makes them set up false pretenses to both. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
First impressions are often the truest, as we find (not infrequently) to our cost, when we have been wheedled out of them by plausible… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
We are thankful for good-will rather than for services, for the motive than the quantum of favor received. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The discussing the characters and foibles of common friends is a great sweetness and cement of friendship. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Want of principle is power. Truth and honesty set a limit to our efforts, which impudence and hypocrisy easily overleap. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner doing it. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Those who have had none of the cares of this life to harass and disturb them, have been obliged to have recourse to the… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Poverty, when it is voluntary, is never despicable, but takes an heroical aspect. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
