"True friendship is self-love at second-hand." — William Hazlitt

"True friendship is self-love at second-hand."

— 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 Friendship Quotes

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I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is… — Pietro Aretino
Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the… — Aristophanes
A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle
Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. — Aristotle
He who hath many friends hath none. — Aristotle
In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief;… — Aristotle
For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. — Aristotle
Friendship is essentially a partnership. — Aristotle
Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle

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