William Hazlitt Quotes

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• Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

  William Hazlitt

  Peace, War, Humanity

  William Hazlitt, James Thornton (1967). “Contributions to the Edinburgh review”

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• A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

  William Hazlitt

  Motivational, Happiness, Smile

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• I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

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  Inspirational, Smart, Fall

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• The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.

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  Inspirational, Life, Art

  William Hazlitt (1871). “The Round Table. A collection of Essays ... By W. H. and Leigh Hunt”, p.531

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  The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.

  William Hazlitt

  Life, Attitude, Leisure Activities

  William Hazlitt (1848). “The Miscellaneous Works”, p.199

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  To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.

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  Friendship, Strength, Heart

  William Hazlitt, William Ernest Henley (1902). “The Collected Works of William Hazlitt: Memoirs of Thomas Holcroft. Liber amoris. Characteristics”

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• Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

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  Practice

  William Hazlitt (1821). “Table-talk: Or Original Essays”, p.253

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• He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.

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  Success, Good Life, Character

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1334, Delphi Classics

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• Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

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  Spiritual, Expression, Grace

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

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• Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it.

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  Motivational, Positive, Teacher

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

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• The garb of religion is the best cloak for power.

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  Religion, Atheism, Church

  William Hazlitt (1819). “Political essays, with sketches of public characters”, p.302

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• The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors.

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  Hope, Self Esteem, People

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• The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.

  William Hazlitt

  Love, Inspirational, Leadership

  'Political Essays' (1819) '"The Times" Newspaper'

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• The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard.

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  Art, Attention, Hearing

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.2779, Delphi Classics

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• The best part of our lives we pass in counting on what is to come.

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  Inspirational, Hope, Expectations

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.2091, Delphi Classics

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• The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of millions of our fellow beings.

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  Pain, Giving, Littles

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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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• Zeal will do more than knowledge.

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  Passion, Knowledge, Champion

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

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• It is only necessary to raise a bugbear before the English imagination in order to govern it at will. Whatever they hate or fear, they implicitly believe in, merely from the scope it gives to these passions.

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  Hate, Believe, Passion

  William Hazlitt (1847). “The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte”, p.236

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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.

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  Liars, Practice, Effort

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

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• Violent antipathies are always suspicious, and betray a secret affinity.

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  Betrayal, Secret, Violent

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1179, Delphi Classics

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

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  Success, Deserving It, Achievement

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

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• Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.

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  Friendship, Gone, Substance

  William Hazlitt (1889). “William Hazlitt, Essayist and Critic: Selections from His Writings with a Memoir, Biographical and Critical”

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• People try to reconcile you to a disappointment in love by asking why you should cherish a passion for an object that has proved itself worthless. Had you known this before, you would not have encouraged the passion; but that having been once formed, knowledge does not destroy it. If we have drank poison, finding it out does not prevent its being in our veins: so passion leaves its poison in the mind!

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  Love, Disappointment, Passion

  William Hazlitt (1871). “The Round Table. A collection of Essays ... By W. H. and Leigh Hunt”, p.496

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• Perhaps the best cure for the fear of death is to reflect that life has a beginning as well as an end. There was a time when we were not: this gives us no concern. Why, then, should it trouble us that a time will come when we shall cease to be?

  William Hazlitt

  Death, Giving, Trouble

  Table Talk "On the Fear of Death" (1822)

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