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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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• Those people who are uncomfortable in themselves are disagreeable to others.

  William Hazlitt

  Inspirational, Integrity, Ambition

  William Hazlitt (1839). “Sketches and Essays”, p.153

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

  William Hazlitt

  Journey, Men, Long

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

  William Hazlitt

  Memories, Poor, Contempt

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

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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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• The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right.

  William Hazlitt

  Wisdom, Heart, Judging

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

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• You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.

  William Hazlitt

  Life, Travel, Experience

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

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• We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.

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  Nature, Fall, Heart

  William Hazlitt (1839). “Sketches and Essays by W. H. Now first collected [and edited] by his son”, p.249

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

  William Hazlitt

  Funny, Humor, Hair

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• The mind revolts against certain opinions, as the stomach rejects certain foods.

  William Hazlitt

  Mind, Opinion, Stomach

  William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.56

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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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• Hope is the best possession.

  William Hazlitt

  Hopeful, Anticipation, Possession

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1468, Delphi Classics

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

  William Hazlitt

  Art, Attention, Hearing

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

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• From the height from which the great look down on the world all the rest of mankind seem equal.

  William Hazlitt

  Looks, World, Height

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

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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.

  William Hazlitt

  Hope, Self Esteem, People

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• The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never did me the smallest favor.

  William Hazlitt

  Regret, Doors, Favors

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1872, Delphi Classics

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• No really great man ever thought himself so.

  William Hazlitt

  Men, Opinion, Great Men

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1905, Delphi Classics

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• The worst old age is that of the mind.

  William Hazlitt

  Time, Mind, Age

  William Hazlitt (1934). “The Complete Works of William Hazlitt”

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• Principle is a passion for truth.

  William Hazlitt

  Passion, Principles

  William Hazlitt (1817). “The Round Table: A Collection of Essays on Literature, Men and Manners”, p.77

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• Popularity is neither fame nor greatness.

  William Hazlitt

  Greatness, Popularity, Fame

  William Hazlitt (1821). “Table-talk: Or Original Essays”, p.196

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• Nothing is more unjust or capricious than public opinion.

  William Hazlitt

  Public Opinion, Unjust, Opinion

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1476, 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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• Rules and models destroy genius and art.

  William Hazlitt

  Art, Freedom, Teaching

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

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