A really great man has always an idea of something greater than himself. William Hazlitt, on the Pleasure of Hating More Quotes by William Hazlitt, on the Pleasure of Hating More Quotes From William Hazlitt, on the Pleasure of Hating ...greatness sympathises with greatness, and littleness shrinks into itself. William Hazlitt, on the Pleasure of Hating A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it. William Hazlitt, on the Pleasure of Hating A King (as such) is not a great man. He has great power, but it is not his own. William Hazlitt, on the Pleasure of Hating Greatness is great power, producing great effects. It is not enough that a man has great power in himself, he must shew it to all the world in a way that cannot be hid or gainsaid. William Hazlitt, on the Pleasure of Hating No act terminating in itself constitutes greatness. William Hazlitt, on the Pleasure of Hating No man is truly great, who is great only in his life-time. The test of greatness is the page of history. William Hazlitt, on the Pleasure of Hating Popularity is neither fame nor greatness. William Hazlitt, on the Pleasure of Hating To display the greatest powers, unless they are applied to great purposes, makes nothing for the character of greatness. William Hazlitt, on the Pleasure of Hating