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William Hazlitt
William Hazlitt
English Critic
Born: Apr 10, 1778
Died: Sep 18, 1830
Great Love Man Own Think Who
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The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy. William Hazlitt
Hypocrite Hypocrisy Repentance Only Itself Forgiven Vice Cannot
Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire in your eye, adorn your person, maintain your health, your beauty and your animal spirits. William Hazlitt
Positive Health Animal Fire Beauty Big Laugh Eye Spirits Adorn Color Maintain Cheek Look Talk Up Loud Person Your Keep
A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could. William Hazlitt
Respect Hypocrite Too Despises Those Would No Respect Could He Make Himself Dupe Deceives Whom
The more we do, the more we can do. William Hazlitt
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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 People Own Others Apt Neighbors Insignificant No Hope Rising Self Most Safe Self-Esteem Sneer Esteem Lowering
Prejudice is the child of ignorance. William Hazlitt
Ignorance Child Prejudice
Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted. William Hazlitt
Life Art Deceived Must Habitual Well May Being Order Deception Succeed
Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses. William Hazlitt
Art People Own Other Our Weaknesses Concealing Discovering Cunning Defects
If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning, we may study his commentators. William Hazlitt
Learning Genius Wish See Insignificance Shakespeare Study Know Force Read His May Human Should
Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater. William Hazlitt
Teacher Adversity Great Prosperity Great Teacher Greater
I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why. William Hazlitt
Smart Fall Saw Observe Like Asked Newton Who Why Apple Millions
If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory. William Hazlitt
Faith You Win Victory Think Necessary
No truly great person ever thought themselves so. William Hazlitt
Great Thought Great Person Truly Person Themselves Ever
You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world. William Hazlitt
You Travel World Having More Road Know Than Conjecture Descriptions Traveled
There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice. William Hazlitt
Strong Arises Exemption Fancied Which Prejudice
Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration. William Hazlitt
Edge Though Admiration Takes Contempt Off Familiarity May Breed
Learning is its own exceeding great reward. William Hazlitt
Great Learning Reward Own Exceeding Great Reward
Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We are more angry at undeserved than at deserved good-fortune. William Hazlitt
Love Angry Justice Envy Other More Undeserved Mixture Than Ingredients Deserved Among
Grace in women has more effect than beauty. William Hazlitt
Women Grace Beauty More Effect Than
The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of ourselves by the same test: for it is on that on which our success in life depends. William Hazlitt
Life Success Judge World Men Our Ourselves Ability Test Same Depends Which Profession
The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of millions of our fellow beings. William Hazlitt
Destruction Pain Our Finger More Gives Smallest Fellow Concern Than Little Us Beings Millions
The incentive to ambition is the love of power. William Hazlitt
Love Power Ambition Incentive
We must be doing something to be happy. William Hazlitt
Be Happy Happy Must Something Doing
I would like to spend the whole of my life traveling, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend at home. William Hazlitt
Life Home My Life Spend Would Borrow Could Like Another Anywhere If I Could Whole Traveling
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 Knowledge Heart Judge Head Wrong Feel Sure Seat Right
There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we profess to entertain for our friends. It is little better than a piece of quackery. The truth is, we think of them as we please, that is, as they please or displease us. William Hazlitt
Truth Truth Is Better Few Think Our Please Ourselves Entertain More Piece Friends Than Deceive Few Things Esteem Which Little Them Us Profess Displease Things
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