Quotes by Critics

Those who speak ill of the spiritual life, although they come and go by day, are like the smith's bellows: they take breath but are not alive. William Hazlitt

Life Day Spiritual Speak Breath Those Alive Spiritual Life Take Come Like Come And Go Smith Although Go Ill Who

No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves. William Hazlitt

Unknown Approaches Stealth Except No-One Perfection Themselves Ever

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

Think About Never Well Till Doing Cease Anything Manner

It is better to be able neither to read nor write than to be able to do nothing else. William Hazlitt

Better Nothing Else Neither Able Write Read Nor Than

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it. William Hazlitt

Doubt Give Anything Breed Reason

A scholar is like a book written in a dead language. It is not every one that can read in it. William Hazlitt

Book Language Every Scholar Written Like Dead Read

There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you. William Hazlitt

You Respect Heart Pride Tyranny Drive Human Heart Every Secret Individual Make Him Revolts May Human Order Cannot

There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they will not let you have it. William Hazlitt

Good You Will Country Nothing Had

The true barbarian is he who thinks everything barbarous but his own tastes and prejudices. William Hazlitt

Own Everything He True His Tastes Barbarian Prejudices Who Thinks

We are not hypocrites in our sleep. William Hazlitt

Our Hypocrites Sleep

Anyone who has passed though the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not made a fool by it, may consider himself as having had a very narrow escape. William Hazlitt

Education Fool Made Consider Though Classical Having Had Himself Narrow Passed Very Escape May Anyone Regular Who

As is our confidence, so is our capacity. William Hazlitt

Confidence Our Capacity

One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect. William Hazlitt

Quality Hides Some Glaring Another Shining Lends Defect Lustre

A wise traveler never despises his own country. William Hazlitt

Travel Wise Country Own Despises Never His Traveler

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts. William Hazlitt

Great Thoughts Practice Become Reduced Acts

Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use. William Hazlitt

Humanity Genius Like Want Use

Some one is generally sure to be the sufferer by a joke. William Hazlitt

Joke Some Generally Sure

It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born and bred a Dissenter. William Hazlitt

Politician Born Any Bred Hard Who Honest

The public have neither shame or gratitude. William Hazlitt

Gratitude Neither Shame Public

The busier we are the more leisure we have. William Hazlitt

More Leisure Busier