William Hazlitt Quotes

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
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
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
Learning is its own exceeding great reward. William Hazlitt
Great Learning Reward Own Exceeding Great Reward
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
Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands of others! William Hazlitt
Happiness Life Love Friendship Trust Marriage Others Our Security How Affairs Hands Common Little Even
Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my way across the room. William Hazlitt
Aid Way Find Able Without Custom Room Prejudice Should Across
The dupe of friendship, and the fool of love; have I not reason to hate and to despise myself? Indeed I do; and chiefly for not having hated and despised the world enough. William Hazlitt
Love Friendship Myself Fool Hate World Enough Despise Despised Indeed Hated Having Chiefly Dupe Reason
There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion. William Hazlitt
Religion Crime Heroism Virtue Altar Well Infamy Vice
Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul. William Hazlitt
Soul Grace Harmony Defined Has-Been Outward Inward Been Expression
Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else. William Hazlitt
Nature Respect Heart Language Else Poetry He Contempt Himself Itself Anything Anything Else Cannot Holds Which Much Who Universal Universal Language
No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves. William Hazlitt
Unknown Approaches Stealth Except No-One Perfection Themselves Ever
Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality. William Hazlitt
Man Own Every Rules Morality Exception Opinion His Ordinary Forms Every Man
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
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
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