William Hazlitt Quotes - Page 18

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• What I mean by living to one's self is living in the world, as in it, not of it.

  William Hazlitt

  Mean, Self, World

  William Hazlitt (1859). “Table talk”, p.65

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• A lively blockhead in company is a public benefit. Silence or dulness by the side of folly looks like wisdom.

  William Hazlitt

  Silence, Looks, Benefits

  William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.137

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• The only true retirement is that of the heart; the only true leisure is the repose of the passions. To such persons it makes little difference whether they are young or old; and they die as they have lived, with graceful resignation.

  William Hazlitt

  Retirement, Passion, Heart

  William Hazlitt (1918). “Twenty-two Essays of William Hazlitt”

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• Humanity is to be met with in a den of robbers.

  William Hazlitt

  Humanity, Dens, Mets

  William Hazlitt (1871). “The Round Table. A collection of Essays ... By W. H. and Leigh Hunt”, p.518

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• An honest man is respected by all parties.

  William Hazlitt

  Honesty, Party, Men

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1485, Delphi Classics

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• Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for true knowledge. Books are less often made use of as spectacles to look at nature with, than as blinds to keep out its strong light and shifting scenery from weak eyes and indolent dispositions. The learned are mere literary drudges.

  William Hazlitt

  Nature, Strong, Book

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1091, Delphi Classics

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• The contemplation of truth and beauty is the proper object for which we were created, which calls forth the most intense desires of the soul, and of which it never tires.

  William Hazlitt

  Soul, Desire, Tire

  William Hazlitt (1824). “Sketches of the Principal Picture-galleries in England, with a Criticism on "Marriage A-la-mode.".”, p.5

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• Political truth is libel; religious truth, blasphemy.

  William Hazlitt

  Religious, Truth, Political

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

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• The great requisite for the prosperous management of ordinary business is the want of imagination.

  William Hazlitt

  Imagination, Ordinary, Want

  William Hazlitt (1859). “Table talk”, p.117

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• An orator can hardly get beyond commonplaces: if he does he gets beyond his hearers.

  William Hazlitt

  Doe, Public Speaking, Orators

  William Hazlitt (1845). “Table Talk: Essays on Men and Manners”

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• Well I've had a happy life.

  William Hazlitt

  Life, Happy Life, Last Words

  Last words, in W. C. Hazlitt 'Memoirs of William Hazlitt' (1867)

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• The most violent friendships soonest wear themselves out.

  William Hazlitt

  Friendship, Emo, Violent

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

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• To impress the idea of power on others, they must be made in some way to feel it.

  William Hazlitt

  Ideas, Way, Made

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1105, Delphi Classics

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• Perhaps propriety is as near a word as any to denote the manners of the gentleman; elegance is necessary to the fine gentleman; dignity is proper to noblemen; and majesty to kings.

  William Hazlitt

  Kings, Gentleman, Noblemen

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

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• No young man ever thinks he shall die.

  William Hazlitt

  Men, Thinking, Young

  William Hazlitt (1845). “Table Talk: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things”, p.127

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• Genius is native to the soil where it grows — is fed by the air, and warmed by the sun — and is not a hot - house plant or an exotic.

  William Hazlitt

  Air, Genius, Exotic

  "The Complete Works of William Hazlitt".

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• One of the pleasantest things in the world is going on a journey; I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me. I am then never less alone than when alone.

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  Journey, Doors, World

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

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• I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about.

  William Hazlitt

  Friendship, Faults

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1921, Delphi Classics

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• There are many who talk on from ignorance rather than from knowledge, and who find the former an inexhaustible fund of conversation.

  William Hazlitt

  Ignorance, Ignorant, Conversation

  William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.77

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• The thing is plain. All that men really understand, is confined to a very small compass; to their daily affairs and experience; to what they have an opportunity to know, and motives to study or practice. The rest is affectation and imposture.

  William Hazlitt

  Opportunity, Men, Practice

  William Hazlitt (1845). “Table Talk: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things”, p.51

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• Violence ever defeats its own ends. Where you cannot drive you can always persuade. A gentle word, a kind look, a god-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. There is a secret pride in every human heart than 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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• There are names written in her immortal scroll at which Fame blushes!

  William Hazlitt

  Names, Fame, Immortal

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1471, Delphi Classics

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• The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves.

  William Hazlitt

  Self Esteem, Thinking, People

  William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.38

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• Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

  William Hazlitt

  Commitment, Keeping Promises, People

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• We must be doing something to be happy.

  William Hazlitt

  Being Happy

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1029, Delphi Classics

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