Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it. William Hazlitt More Quotes by William Hazlitt More Quotes From William Hazlitt He who does nothing renders himself incapable of doing any thing; but while we are executing any work, we are preparing and qualifying ourselves to undertake another. William Hazlitt executing doe work To be forward to praise others implies either great eminence, that can afford to, part with applause; or great quickness of discernment, with confidence in our own judgments; or great sincerity and love of truth, getting the better of our self-love. William Hazlitt sincerity and-love self A great man la an abstraction of some one excellence; but whoever fancies himself an abstraction of excellence, so far from being great, may be sure that he is a blockhead, equally ignorant of excellence or defect of himself or others. William Hazlitt ignorant excellence men Love and joy are twins or born of each other. William Hazlitt twins joy love We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts. William Hazlitt nature heart fall [Science is] the desire to know causes. William Hazlitt causes desire science Those who speak ill of the spiritual life, although they come and go by day, are like the smith's bellows: they take breath but are not alive. William Hazlitt alive speak spiritual Words are the only things that last for ever. William Hazlitt learning lasts book Art is the microscope of the mind, which sharpens the wit as the other does the sight; and converts every object into a little universe in itself. Art may be said to draw aside the veil from nature. To those who are perfectly unskilled in the practice, unimbued with the principles of art, most objects present only a confused mass. William Hazlitt confused sight art In art, in taste, in life, in speech, you decide from feeling, and not from reason. If we were obliged to enter into a theoretical deliberation on every occasion before we act, life would be at a stand, and Art would be impracticable. William Hazlitt would-be feelings art Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life. William Hazlitt poetry-is poetry remember I am always afraid of a fool. One cannot be sure that he is not a knave as well. William Hazlitt knaves wells fool So I have loitered my life away, reading books, looking at pictures, going to plays, hearing, thinking, writing on what pleased me best. I have wanted only one thing to make me happy, but wanting that have wanted everything. William Hazlitt reading life book Prejudice is the child of ignorance. William Hazlitt ignorance education children Dandyism is a species of genius. William Hazlitt dandyism species genius When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest. William Hazlitt free-speech internet political The way to procure insults is to submit to them. A man meets with no more respect than he exacts. William Hazlitt respect men way If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation. William Hazlitt fine speculation world Prejudice is never easy unless it can pass itself off for reason. William Hazlitt prejudice reason easy The most sensible people to be met with in society are men of business and of the world, who argue from what they see and know, instead of spinning cobweb distinctions of what things ought to be. William Hazlitt business men people
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