Best William Hazlitt Quotes
- A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death. Action
- That which anyone has been long learning unwillingly, he unlearns with proportional eagerness and haste. Anyone
- Learning is its own exceeding great reward. Education
- One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single hole or ace, than if one has never had a… Ace
- There is no flattery so adroit or effectual as that of implicit assent. Adroit
- Natural affection is a prejudice; for though we have cause to love our nearest connections better than others, we have no reason to think them… Affection
- The wretched are in this respect fortunate, that they have the strongest yearning after happiness; and to desire is in some sense to enjoy. Desire
- The assumption of merit is easier, less embarrassing, and more effectual than the actual attainment of it. Actual
- The definition of genius is that it acts unconsciously, and those who have produced immortal works have done so without knowing how or why. Acts
- The best part of our lives we pass in counting on what is to come. Best
- We dread life's termination as the close, not of enjoyment, but of hope. Close
- He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does not practice all he wishes or approves. All
- As hypocrisy is said to be the highest compliment to virtue, the art of lying is the strongest acknowledgment of the force of truth. Acknowledgment
- Religion either makes men wise and virtuous, or it makes them set up false pretenses to both. Both
- We are not hypocrites in our sleep. Funny
- Familiarity confounds all traits of distinction; interest and prejudice take away the power of judging. All
- To think justly, we must understand what others mean. To know the value of our thoughts, we must try their effect on other minds. Effect
- We are thankful for good-will rather than for services, for the motive than the quantum of favor received. Favor
- It is better to drink of deep grief than to taste shallow pleasures. Better
- We uniformly applaud what is right and condemn what is wrong, when it costs us nothing but the sentiment. Applaud
- No really great man ever thought himself so. Ever Thought
- A proud man is satisfied with his own good opinion, and does not seek to make converts to it. Converts
- People do not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but to maintain an opinion for the sake of talking. Expressing
- General principles are not the less true or important because from their nature they elude immediate observation; they are like the air, which is not… Air
- The idea of what the public will think prevents the public from ever thinking at all, and acts as a spell on the exercise of… Acts
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