To be wiser than other men is to be honester than they; and strength of mind is only courage to see and speak the truth. William Hazlitt More Quotes by William Hazlitt More Quotes From William Hazlitt We are thankful for good-will rather than for services, for the motive than the quantum of favor received. William Hazlitt quantumfavorsinspirational It is better to drink of deep grief than to taste shallow pleasures. William Hazlitt sadnessgrieftaste Life is the art of being well deceived. William Hazlitt deceived-usdeceptionart Pure good soon grows insipid, wants variety and spirit. Pain is a bittersweet, which never surfeits. Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust. Hatred alone is immortal. William Hazlitt painhatehatred The more you do, the more you can do. William Hazlitt busy-personencouragingcan-do In some situations, if you say nothing, you are called dull; if you talk, you are thought impertinent and arrogant. It is hard to know what to do in this case. The question seems to be, whether your vanity or your prudence predominates. William Hazlitt arrogantvanitydull Language, if it throws a veil over our ideas, adds a softness and refinement to them, like that which the atmosphere gives to naked objects. William Hazlitt atmospheregivingideas Conceit is vanity driven from all other shifts, and forced to appeal to itself for admiration. William Hazlitt admirationvanitydriven A woman's vanity is interested in making the object of her choice the god of her idolatry. William Hazlitt idolatryvanitychoices We prefer ourselves to others, only because we a have more intimate consciousness and confirmed opinion of our own claims and merits than of any other person's. William Hazlitt meritvanityopinion The world dread nothing so much as being convinced of their errors. William Hazlitt dreaderrorsworld The idea of what the public will think prevents the public from ever thinking at all, and acts as a spell on the exercise of private judgment. William Hazlitt exerciseideasthinking General principles are not the less true or important because from their nature they elude immediate observation; they are like the air, which is not the less necessary because we neither see nor feel it. William Hazlitt elude-usairphilosophy People do not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but to maintain an opinion for the sake of talking. William Hazlitt saketalkingpeople A proud man is satisfied with his own good opinion, and does not seek to make converts to it. William Hazlitt prouddoemen The world loves to be amused by hollow professions, to be deceived by flattering appearances, to live in a state of hallucination; and can forgive everything but the plain, downright, simple, honest truth. William Hazlitt world-loveforgivingsimple We uniformly applaud what is right and condemn what is wrong, when it costs us nothing but the sentiment. William Hazlitt wealthcostmoney Learning is its own exceeding great reward. William Hazlitt learningteachingeducation That which anyone has been long learning unwillingly, he unlearns with proportional eagerness and haste. William Hazlitt teachingeducationlong There are only three pleasures in life pure and lasting, and all derived from inanimate things-books, pictures and the face of nature. William Hazlitt threenaturebook
