People are not soured by misfortune, but by the reception they meet with in it. William Hazlitt More Quotes by William Hazlitt More Quotes From William Hazlitt If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it was printed yesterday or three hundred years ago. William Hazlitt readingbookyears No truly great person ever thought themselves so. William Hazlitt great-personmodestypersons A wise traveler never despises his own country. William Hazlitt wisecountrytravel The definition of genius is that it acts unconsciously, and those who have produced immortal works have done so without knowing how or why. William Hazlitt geniusknowingpower Envy is the deformed and distorted offspring of egotism; and when we reflect on the strange and disproportioned character of the parent, we cannot wonder at the perversity and waywardness of the child. William Hazlitt envycharacterchildren He who is as faithful to his principles as he is to himself is the true partisan. William Hazlitt partisanshipfaithfulprinciples No really great man ever thought himself so. William Hazlitt great-menopinionmen 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 laughterbeautyhappiness We are cold to others only when we are dull in ourselves. William Hazlitt coldinspirationaldull A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means. William Hazlitt successmotivationalinspirational Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of no more value than their dress. William Hazlitt clothesfashiondresses The poetical impression of any object is that uneasy, exquisite sense of beauty or power that cannot be contained within itself; that is impatient of all limit; that (as flame bends to flame) strives to link itself to some other image of kindred beauty or grandeur; to enshrine itself, as it were, in the highest forms of fancy, and to relieve the aching sense of pleasure by expressing it in the boldest manner. William Hazlitt flameslinksbeauty Anyone is to be pitied who has just sense enough to perceive his deficiencies. William Hazlitt personalityenoughcharacter Success in business is seldom owing to uncommon talents or original power which is untractable and self-willed, but to the greatest degree of commonplace capacity. William Hazlitt owingbusinessself As is our confidence, so is our capacity. William Hazlitt positive-attitudeconfidenceinspirational It is the vice of scholars to suppose that there is no knowledge in the world but that of books. William Hazlitt vicesbookknowledge You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world. William Hazlitt experiencelifetravel There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love. William Hazlitt forcelovefriendship Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating. William Hazlitt flowactioninspirational Just as much as we see in others we have in ourselves. William Hazlitt self-confidenceconfidence