"People do not seem to talk for the……" — William Hazlitt

People do not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their… - William Hazlitt

"People do not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but to maintain an opinion for the sake of talking."

— William Hazlitt

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493 Quotes by William Hazlitt

William Hazlitt has 493 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Violence ever defeats its own ends. Where you cannot drive you can always persuade. A gentle word, a kind look,…
The pleasure of hating, like a poisonous mineral, eats into the heart of religion, and turns it to ranking spleen…
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.
The safest kind of praise is to foretell that another will become great in some particular way. It has the…
Taste is nothing but an enlarged capacity for receiving pleasure from works of imagination.

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More Expressing Quotes

This quote is filed under Expressing Quotes, one of 547 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

I look at myself, and I see a Spanish person who's trying to be understood by an English-speaking audience and… — Javier Bardem
In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries. — Saul Bellow
Nowadays, with the state of the music business, for any artist, whether you're up-and-coming or you've been in it for… — Mary J. Blige
I suppose for me as an artist it wasn't always just about expressing my work; I really wanted, more than… — David Bowie
There, in the chords and melodies, is everything I want to say. The words just jolly it along. It's always… — David Bowie
What is genius but the power of expressing a new individuality? — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I am searching for abstract ways of expressing reality, abstract forms that will enlighten my own mystery. — Eric Cantona
I try to find different ways of expressing myself. Without that I will die. — Eric Cantona
Often there are players who have only football as a way of expressing themselves and never develop other interests. And… — Eric Cantona
Whether it's people walking off 'The View' when Bill O'Reilly makes a statement about radical Islam or Juan Williams being… — Eric Cantor
There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all… — Miguel de Cervantes
Being stylish is about enjoying your life and expressing yourself and your inner light. — Tori Amos

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