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His Own Quotes by William Hazlitt
- A proud man is satisfied with his own good opinion, and does not seek to make converts to it.
- A man's reputation is not in his own keeping, but lies at the mercy of the profligacy of others. Calumny requires no proof. The throwing…
- No wise man can have a contempt for the prejudices of others; and he should even stand in a certain awe of his own, as…
- A King (as such) is not a great man. He has great power, but it is not his own.
- He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a very low standard of it in his mind.
- The measure of any man's virtue is what he would do, if he had neither the laws nor public opinion, nor even his own prejudices,…
- He who draws upon his own resources easily comes to an end of his wealth.
- A wise traveler never despises his own country.
- Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.
- The true barbarian is he who thinks everything barbarous but his own tastes and prejudices.
- I like a person who knows his own mind and sticks to it; who sees at once what, in given circumstances, is to be done,…
More His Own Quotes
- When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because… — Chinua Achebe
- This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections. — Saint Augustine
- I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets… — Marcus Aurelius
- Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. — Marcus Aurelius
- It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses to take… — Emilie Autumn
- My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much… — Teresa of Avila
- Nothing can be compared to the great beauty and capabilities of a soul; however keen our intellects may be, they are as… — Teresa of Avila
- Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility… — Irving Babbitt
- We're seeing the fulfillment of the Book of Judges here in our own time - every man doing that which is right… — Michele Bachmann
- A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green. — Francis Bacon
- An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he… — Walter Bagehot
- He who becomes a Muslim does so in his own interest. — Abu Bakr