William Hazlitt
William Hazlitt (1778-04-10 – 1830-09-18) was an English writer remembered for his humanistic essays and literary criticism. He is sometimes esteemed the greatest English literary critic after Samuel Johnson.
Found 69 thoughts of William Hazlitt
No man is truly great, who is great only in his life-time. The test of greatness is the page of history.
William Hazlitt
The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.
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I would like to spend the whole of my life traveling, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend at home.
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Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love.
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Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part.
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...greatness sympathises with greatness, and littleness shrinks into itself.
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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.
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There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and an idiot has some advantages over a wise man.
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He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.
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The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves.
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To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.
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I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about.
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When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.
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Some persons make promises for the pleasure of breaking them.
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We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their defects.
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