It is better to be able neither to read nor write than to be able to do nothing else. William Hazlitt More Quotes by William Hazlitt More Quotes From William Hazlitt Sincerity has to do with the connexion between our words and thoughts, and not between our beliefs and actions. William Hazlitt our-wordsbeliefaction Well I've had a happy life. William Hazlitt last-wordslifehappy-life To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to theirs; and it is necessary to follow, in order to lead. William Hazlitt orderwaythinking An orator can hardly get beyond commonplaces: if he does he gets beyond his hearers. William Hazlitt oratorspublic-speakingdoe The only true retirement is that of the heart; the only true leisure is the repose of the passions. To such persons it makes little difference whether they are young or old; and they die as they have lived, with graceful resignation. William Hazlitt passionheartretirement Life is a continued struggle to be what we are not, and to do what we cannot. William Hazlitt struggleinspirelife The great requisite for the prosperous management of ordinary business is the want of imagination. William Hazlitt imaginationwantordinary Mankind are a herd of knaves and fools. It is necessary to join the crowd, or get out of their way, in order not to be trampled to death by them. William Hazlitt stupidityorderway Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use. William Hazlitt intelligencegeniushumanity The Princess Borghese, Bonaparte's sister, who was no saint, sat to Canova as a reclining Venus, and being asked if she did not feel a little uncomfortable, replied, "No. There was a fire in the room." William Hazlitt princesssaintfire 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 writingmenthinking The temple of fame stands upon the grave: the flame that burns upon its altars is kindled from the ashes of great men. William Hazlitt ashesflamesmen Our notions with respect to the importance of life, and our attachment to it, depend on a principle which has very little to do with its happiness or its misery. The love of life is, in general, the effect not of our enjoyments, but of our passions. William Hazlitt love-lifepassionattachment A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common. William Hazlitt vulgarity-isvulgarcommon In public speaking, we must appeal either to the prejudices of others, or to the love of truth and justice. If we think merely of displaying our own ability, we shall ruin every cause we undertake. William Hazlitt prejudicejusticethinking Love at first sight is only realizing an imagination that has always haunted us; or meeting with a face, a figure, or cast of expression in perfection that we have seen and admired in a less degree or in less favorable circumstances a hundred times before. William Hazlitt imaginationexpressionsight We must overact our part in some measure, in order to produce any effect at all. William Hazlitt psychologyactingorder I hate anything that occupies more space than it is worth... I hate to see a parcel of big words without anything in them. William Hazlitt hatespacewriting Within my heart is lurking suspicion, and base fear, and shame and hate; but above all, tyrannous love sits throned, crowned with her graces, silent and in tears. William Hazlitt hateheartlove Anyone who has passed though the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not made a fool by it, may consider himself as having had a very narrow escape. William Hazlitt learningeducationmay
