William Hazlitt Quotes

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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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• Keep your misfortunes to yourself.

  William Hazlitt

  Secrecy, Misfortunes

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

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  Peace, War, Humanity

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

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• To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with contempt while we are living.

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  Memories, Poor, Contempt

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1518, Delphi Classics

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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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  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.

  William Hazlitt

  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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• 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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• I hate anything that occupies more space than it is worth... I hate to see a parcel of big words without anything in them.

  William Hazlitt

  Hate, Writing, Space

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1272, Delphi Classics

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• Life is a continued struggle to be what we are not, and to do what we cannot.

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  Life, Struggle, Inspire

  William Hazlitt (1821). “Lectures on the Dramatic Literature of the Age of Elizabeth: Delivered at the Surrey Institution”, p.355

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• Words are the only things that last for ever.

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  Book, Learning, Lasts

  William Hazlitt (1845). “Table Talk: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things”, p.122

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

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  Life, Attitude, Leisure Activities

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

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• Prejudice is never easy unless it can pass itself off for reason.

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  Prejudice, Reason, Easy

  William Hazlitt (1839). “Sketches and Essays”, p.90

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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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• 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.

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  Men, Animal, Ideas

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

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• It is better to desire than to enjoy, to love than to be loved.

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  Heart, Desire, Break

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1492, Delphi Classics

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• The title of Ultracrepidarian critics has been given to those persons who find fault with small and insignificant details.

  William Hazlitt

  Titles, Details, Faults

  "Table-talk", Essay, 22, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 705-06, 1922.

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• A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn.

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  Journey, Men, Long

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• Rules and models destroy genius and art.

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  Art, Freedom, Teaching

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

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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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• To great evils we submit, we resent little provocations.

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  Evil, Wickedness, Littles

  "Collected Works Of William Hazlitt".

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• There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice.

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  Strong, Diversity, Prejudice

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.221, Delphi Classics

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• The devil was a great loss in the preternatural world. He was always something to fear and to hate; he supplied the antagonist powers of the imagination, and the arch of true religion hardly stands firm without him.

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  Hate, Loss, Evil

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

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• We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it.

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  Thinking, Effectiveness, Wells

  William Hazlitt (1839). “Sketches and Essays by W. H. Now first collected [and edited] by his son”, p.97

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• The more we do, the more we can do.

  William Hazlitt

  Life Changing, Leisure Activities, Famous Motivational

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1846, Delphi Classics

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