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• The silence of a friend commonly amounts to treachery. His not daring to say anything in our behalf implies a tacit censure.

  William Hazlitt

  Silence, Say Anything, Daring

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1465, Delphi Classics

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• There are only three pleasures in life pure and lasting, and all derived from inanimate things-books, pictures and the face of nature.

  William Hazlitt

  Nature, Book, Three

  William Hazlitt (1824). “Sketches of the Principal Picture-galleries in England, with a Criticism on "Marriage A-la-mode.".”, p.51

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• An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.

  William Hazlitt

  Truth, Men, Order

  William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.139

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• So I have loitered my life away, reading books, looking at pictures, going to plays, hearing, thinking, writing on what pleased me best. I have wanted only one thing to make me happy, but wanting that have wanted everything.

  William Hazlitt

  Life, Book, Reading

  'Literary Remains' (1836) 'My First Acquaintance with Poets'

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

  William Hazlitt

  Strong, Diversity, Prejudice

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

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• It is only those who never think at all, or else who have accustomed themselves to blood invariably on abstract ideas, that ever feel ennui.

  William Hazlitt

  Thinking, Blood, Ideas

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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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• The ignorance of the world leaves one at the mercy of its malice.

  William Hazlitt

  Ignorance, Evil, Wickedness

  William Hazlitt (1845). “Table Talk: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things”, p.128

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• A person who talks with equal vivacity on every subject, excites no interest in any. Repose is as necessary in conversation as in a picture.

  William Hazlitt

  Conversation, Vivacity, Equal

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1488, Delphi Classics

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• Mankind are a herd of knaves and fools. It is necessary to join the crowd, or get out of their way, in order not to be trampled to death by them.

  William Hazlitt

  Order, Stupidity, Way

  William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.89

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• Reflection makes men cowards.

  William Hazlitt

  Reflection, Men, Coward

  William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.86

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• While we desire, we do not enjoy; and with enjoyment desire ceases.

  William Hazlitt

  Desire, Enjoy, Enjoyment

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

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• The only impeccable writers are those who never wrote.

  William Hazlitt

  Writing, Impeccable

  William Hazlitt (1859). “Table talk”

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• The multitude who require to be led, still hate their leaders.

  William Hazlitt

  Leadership, Hate, Stills

  William Hazlitt (1871). “The Round Table. A collection of Essays ... By W. H. and Leigh Hunt”, p.528

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

  William Hazlitt

  Prejudice, Reason, Easy

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

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• We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it. This is the reason why it is so difficult for any but natives to speak a language correctly or idiomatically.

  William Hazlitt

  Thinking, Reason Why, Language

  William Hazlitt (1852). “Men and manners: sketches and essays”, p.97

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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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• A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death.

  William Hazlitt

  Death, Dying, Action

  William Hazlitt (1859). “Table talk”, p.133

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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.

  William Hazlitt

  Hate, Loss, Evil

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

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• Actors are the only honest hypocrites.

  William Hazlitt

  Hypocrite, Theatre, Actors

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• A thought must tell at once, or not at all.

  William Hazlitt

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1463, Delphi Classics

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• A man's reputation is not in his own keeping, but lies at the mercy of the profligacy of others. Calumny requires no proof. The throwing out [of] malicious imputations against any character leaves a stain, which no after-refutation can wipe out. To create an unfavorable impression, it is not necessary that certain things should be true, but that they have been said. The imagination is of so delicate a texture that even words wound it.

  William Hazlitt

  Lying, Character, Men

  William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.75

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• Landscape painting is the obvious resource of misanthropy.

  William Hazlitt

  Landscape Painting, Misanthropy, Resources

  William Hazlitt (1844). “Criticisms on Art”, p.233

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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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• Silence is one great art of conversation.

  William Hazlitt

  Art, Communication, Silence

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1472, Delphi Classics

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