"I do not think there is anything deserving……" — William Hazlitt
"I do not think there is anything deserving the name of society to be found out of London."
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493 Quotes by William Hazlitt
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- He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.
- The thing is plain. All that men really understand, is confined to a very small compass; to their daily affairs…
- There are many who talk on from ignorance rather than from knowledge, and who find the former an inexhaustible fund…
- I have a much greater ambition to be the best racket player than the best prose writer.
- A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means.
- Pride is founded not on the sense of happiness, but on the sense of power.
- To create an unfavorable impression, it is not necessary that certain things should be true, but that they have been…
- Nothing is more unjust or capricious than public opinion.
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- Taste is nothing but an enlarged capacity for receiving pleasure from works of imagination.
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