William Hazlitt Quotes - Page 3

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• 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, to control him.

  William Hazlitt

  Men, Law, Public Opinion

  William Hazlitt (1871). “The Round Table. A collection of Essays ... By W. H. and Leigh Hunt”, p.475

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• Grace in women has more effect than beauty.

  William Hazlitt

  Women, Men, Grace

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.219, Delphi Classics

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• If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.

  William Hazlitt

  Faith, War, Winning

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1260, Delphi Classics

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• There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you.

  William Hazlitt

  Respect, Heart, Pride

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• Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

  William Hazlitt

  Education, Teacher, Money

  William Hazlitt (1839). “Sketches and Essays”, p.298

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• Man is an intellectual animal, and therefore an everlasting contradiction to himself. His senses centre in himself, his ideas reach to the ends of the universe; so that he is torn in pieces between the two, without a possibility of its ever being otherwise.

  William Hazlitt

  Men, Animal, Ideas

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1486, Delphi Classics

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• Zeal will do more than knowledge.

  William Hazlitt

  Passion, Knowledge, Champion

  William Hazlitt (1845). “Table Talk: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things”, p.178

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• Habitual liars invent falsehoods not to gain any end or even to deceive their hearers, but to amuse themselves. It is partly practice and partly habit. It requires an effort in them to speak truth.

  William Hazlitt

  Liars, Practice, Effort

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1498, Delphi Classics

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• The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as one pleases.

  William Hazlitt

  Journey, Thinking, Perfect

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1206, Delphi Classics

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• There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.

  William Hazlitt

  Love, Friendship, Force

  William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.87

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• A hair in the head is worth two in the brush.

  William Hazlitt

  Funny, Humor, Hair

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• The way to secure success is to be more anxious about obtaining than about deserving it.

  William Hazlitt

  Success, Deserving It, Achievement

  William Hazlitt (1857). “The Miscellaneous Works of William Hazlitt”, p.223

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• Power is pleasure; and pleasure sweetens pain.

  William Hazlitt

  Pain, Power, Pleasure

  William Hazlitt (1845). “Table Talk: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things”, p.139

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• To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.

  William Hazlitt

  Failure, Giving, Doubt

  William Hazlitt (1845). “Table Talk: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things”, p.174

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• Malice often takes the garb of truth.

  William Hazlitt

  Evil, Wickedness, Malice

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.2137, Delphi Classics

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• Just as much as we see in others we have in ourselves.

  William Hazlitt

  Confidence, Self Confidence

  William Hazlitt, William Ernest Henley (1904). “The Collected Works of William Hazlitt: Fugitive writings”

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• Keep your misfortunes to yourself.

  William Hazlitt

  Secrecy, Misfortunes

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• He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does not practice all he wishes or approves.

  William Hazlitt

  Believe, Hypocrite, Practice

  William Hazlitt (1904). “The Collected Works of William Hazlitt: Fugitive writings”

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• Lying is the strongest acknowledgement of the force of truth.

  William Hazlitt

  Lying, Force, Acknowledgement

  William Hazlitt (1859). “Table talk”

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• A nickname is the hardest stone that the devil can throw at a man.

  William Hazlitt

  Men, Names, Devil

  William Hazlitt (1822). “Political Essays: With Sketches of Public Characters”, p.278

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• Rules and models destroy genius and art.

  William Hazlitt

  Art, Freedom, Teaching

  'Sketches and Essays' (1839) 'On Taste'

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• The way to procure insults is to submit to them. A man meets with no more respect than he exacts.

  William Hazlitt

  Respect, Men, Way

  William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.143

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• We uniformly applaud what is right and condemn what is wrong, when it costs us nothing but the sentiment.

  William Hazlitt

  Money, Cost, Wealth

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1501, Delphi Classics

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• The Irish are hearty, the Scotch plausible, the French polite, the Germans good-natured, the Italians courtly, the Spaniards reserved and decorous - the English alone seem to exist in taking and giving offense.

  William Hazlitt

  Country, Scotch, Giving

  William Hazlitt, James Thornton (1967). “Miscellaneous writings”

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• Honesty is one part of eloquence. We persuade others by being in earnest ourselves.

  William Hazlitt

  Honesty, Earnest, Eloquence

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1484, Delphi Classics

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