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William Hazlitt Quotes

William Hazlitt quotes

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

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William Hazlitt quote: "You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the..."
You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world. William Hazlitt
Defoe says that there were a hundred thousand country fellows in his time ready to fight to the death against popery, without knowing whether popery was a man or a horse. William Hazlitt
William Hazlitt quote: "the old maxim... "there are three things necessary to success..."
the old maxim... "there are three things necessary to success in life--Impudence! Impudence! Impudence! William Hazlitt
William Hazlitt quote: "A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one -..."
A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage. William Hazlitt
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
Poetry is only the highest eloquence of passion, the most vivid form of expression that can be given to our conception of anything, whether pleasurable or painful, mean or dignified, delightful or distressing. It is the perfect coincidence of the image and the words with the feeling we have, and of which we cannot get rid in any other way, that gives an instant "satisfaction to the thought." This is equally the origin of wit and fancy, of comedy and tragedy, of the sublime and pathetic. William Hazlitt
Or have I passed my time in pouring words like water into empty sieves, rolling a stone up a hill and then down again, trying to prove an argument in the teeth of facts, and looking for causes in the dark, and not finding them? William Hazlitt
William Hazlitt quote: "The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature."
The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature. William Hazlitt
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
William Hazlitt quote: "Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater."
Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater. William Hazlitt
Even a highwayman, in the way of trade, may blow out your brains, but if he uses foul language at the same time, I should say he was no gentleman. William Hazlitt
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
Dr. Johnson was a lazy learned man who liked to think and talk better than to read or write; who, however, wrote much and well, but too often by rote. William Hazlitt
William Hazlitt quote: "If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject..."
If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation. William Hazlitt
William Hazlitt quote: "There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there..."
There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they will not let you have it. William Hazlitt

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