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William Hazlitt Quotes
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Those who object to wit are envious of it (William Hazlitt Quotes)
To the proud the slightest repulse or disappointment is the last indignity (William Hazlitt Quotes)
Wit is, in fact, the eloquence of indifference (William Hazlitt Quotes)
Walk groundly, talk profoundly, drink roundly, sleep soundly (William Hazlitt Quotes)
Affectation is as necessary to the mind as dress is to the body (William Hazlitt Quotes)
Avarice is the miser’s dream, as fame is the poet’s (William Hazlitt Quotes)
Diffidence and awkwardness are antidotes to love (William Hazlitt Quotes)
Repose is as necessary in conversation as in a picture (William Hazlitt Quotes)
Dandyism is a species of genius (William Hazlitt Quotes)
Man is a poetical animal, and delights in fiction (William Hazlitt Quotes)
Genius only leaves behind it the monuments of its strength (William Hazlitt Quotes)
Principle is a passion for truth (William Hazlitt Quotes)
Books wind into the heart (William Hazlitt Quotes)
No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves (William Hazlitt Quotes)
One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect (William Hazlitt Quotes)
Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration (William Hazlitt Quotes)
If mankind had wished for what is right, they might have had it long ago (William Hazlitt Quotes)
The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard (William Hazlitt Quotes)
We dread life’s termination as the close, not of enjoyment, but of hope (William Hazlitt Quotes)
Those people who are uncomfortable in themselves are disagreeable to others (William Hazlitt Quotes)
The diffusion of taste is not the same thing as the improvement of taste (William Hazlitt Quotes)
Violent antipathies are always suspicious, and betray a secret affinity (William Hazlitt Quotes)
Fashion is gentility running away from vulgarity and afraid of being overtaken (William Hazlitt Quotes)
The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves (William Hazlitt Quotes)
Pride is founded not on the sense of happiness, but on the sense of power (William Hazlitt Quotes)
The mind revolts against certain opinions, as the stomach rejects certain foods (William Hazlitt Quotes)
Poverty, when it is voluntary, is never despicable, but takes an heroical aspect (William Hazlitt Quotes)
By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves (William Hazlitt Quotes)
It is remarkable how virtuous and generously disposed every one is at a play (William Hazlitt Quotes)
Anyone is to be pitied who has just sense enough to perceive his deficiencies (William Hazlitt Quotes)