"We are thankful for good-will rather than for……" — William Hazlitt

"We are thankful for good-will rather than for services, for the motive than the quantum of favor received."

— 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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I would not suggest the U.S. should sit down with the North Koreans bilaterally immediately after they've fired missiles -… — Richard Armitage
Like many modern poets, I tend to conceal rhymes by placing them in the middle of lines, and to avoid… — Margaret Atwood
Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. — Jane Austen
Being from Texas, I would say I favor a pair of jeans you can wear some boots with. — Jensen Ackles
People say you favor assassination, what do you think war is? Except that it's assassination on a much larger scale,… — John Bolton
I have certain physical features that I favor over others. We all have our areas. — Christina Aguilera
As favor and riches forsake a man, we discover in him the foolishness they concealed, and which no one perceived… — Jean de la Bruyere
I'm in favor of changing the destination of humans. There are a lot of manned missions that can be done,… — Buzz Aldrin
I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us… — George Carlin
There's something to be said in favor of working in isolation in the real world. — A. R. Ammons
The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage in weapons is in my favor… — Hank Aaron
A work of real merit finds favor at last. — Amos Bronson Alcott

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