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William Hazlitt Quotes

William Hazlitt quotes

English Critic, Writer April 10, 1778 – September 18, 1830

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We are the creatures of imagination, passion, and self-will, more than of reason or even of self-interest. Even in the common transactions and daily intercourse of life, we are governed by whim, caprice, prejudice, or accident. The falling of a teacup puts us out of temper for the day; and a quarrel that commenced about the pattern of a gown may end only with our lives. William Hazlitt
William Hazlitt quote: "Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the..."
Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted. William Hazlitt
William Hazlitt quote: "The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure..."
The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure much. William Hazlitt
William Hazlitt quote: "The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure..."
The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much. William Hazlitt
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
William Hazlitt quote: "Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life."
Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life. William Hazlitt
William Hazlitt quote: "Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts."
Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts. William Hazlitt
Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine or sup to break up more than one intimacy. William Hazlitt
William Hazlitt quote: "Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly, cold,..."
Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly, cold, comfortless, and distasteful. The stomach turns against them. William Hazlitt
William Hazlitt quote: "To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along..."
To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with us. William Hazlitt
Thus, to give an obvious instance, if I have once enjoyed the cool shade of a tree, and been lulled into a deep repose by the sound of a brook running at its feet, I am sure that wherever I can find a tree and a brook, I can enjoy the same pleasure again. Hence, when I imagine these objects, I can easily form a mystic personification of the friendly power that inhabits them, Dryad or Naiad, offering its cool fountain or its tempting shade. Hence the origin of the Grecian mythology. William Hazlitt
I am not, in the ordinary acceptation of the term, a good-natured man; that is, many things annoy me besides what interferes with my own ease and interest. I hate a lie; a piece of injustice wounds me to the quick, though nothing but the report of it reach me. Therefore I have made many enemies and few friends; for the public know nothing of well-wishers, and keep a wary eye on those who would reform them. William Hazlitt
William Hazlitt quote: "A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work..."
A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. William Hazlitt
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
William Hazlitt quote: "We must be doing something to be happy."
We must be doing something to be happy. William Hazlitt

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