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Will Hazlitt Quotes: "Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We are more angry at undeserved than at deserved good-fortune."

Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We are more angry at undeserved than at deserved good-fortune.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "Like a rustic at a fair, we are full of amazement and rapture, and have no thought of going home, or that it will soon be night."

Like a rustic at a fair, we are full of amazement and rapture, and have no thought of going home, or that it will soon be night.




Will Hazlitt Quotes: "Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly, cold, comfortless, and distasteful. The stomach turns against them."

Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly, cold, comfortless, and distasteful. The stomach turns against them.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies."

He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.




Will Hazlitt Quotes: "To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue."

To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "The more we do, the more we can do."

The more we do, the more we can do.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands of others!"

Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands of others!




Will Hazlitt Quotes: "Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food."

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves."

The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "The soul of dispatch is decision."

The soul of dispatch is decision.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "The same reason makes a man a religious enthusiast that makes a man an enthusiast in any other way ... an uncomfortable mind in an uncomfortable body."

The same reason makes a man a religious enthusiast that makes a man an enthusiast in any other way ... an uncomfortable mind in an uncomfortable body.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "Sincerity has to do with the connexion between our words and thoughts, and not between our beliefs and actions."

Sincerity has to do with the connexion between our words and thoughts, and not between our beliefs and actions.




Will Hazlitt Quotes: "A man's reputation is not in his own keeping, but lies at the mercy of the profligacy of others. Calumny requires no proof."

A man's reputation is not in his own keeping, but lies at the mercy of the profligacy of others. Calumny requires no proof.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage."

A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history."

No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me"

I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "Men of gravity are intellectual stammerers, whose thoughts move slowly."

Men of gravity are intellectual stammerers, whose thoughts move slowly.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "We are governed by sympathy; and the extent of our sympathy is determined by that of our sensibility"

We are governed by sympathy; and the extent of our sympathy is determined by that of our sensibility



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "It is better to drink of deep grief than to taste shallow pleasures."

It is better to drink of deep grief than to taste shallow pleasures.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "The chain of habit coils itself around the heart like a serpent, to gnaw and stifle it."

The chain of habit coils itself around the heart like a serpent, to gnaw and stifle it.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation."

The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "Good temper is one of the great preservers of the features."

Good temper is one of the great preservers of the features.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their defects."

We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their defects.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "The fear of approaching death, which in youth we imagine must cause inquietude to the aged, is very seldom the source of much uneasiness."

The fear of approaching death, which in youth we imagine must cause inquietude to the aged, is very seldom the source of much uneasiness.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "Virtue steals, like a guilty thing, into the secret haunts of vice and infamy, clings to their devoted victim, and will not be driven quite away. Nothing can destroy the human heart."

Virtue steals, like a guilty thing, into the secret haunts of vice and infamy, clings to their devoted victim, and will not be driven quite away. Nothing can destroy the human heart.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "We learn to curb our will and keep our overt actions within the bounds of humanity, long before we can subdue our sentiments and imaginations to the same mild tone."

We learn to curb our will and keep our overt actions within the bounds of humanity, long before we can subdue our sentiments and imaginations to the same mild tone.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "The greatest offence against virtue is to speak ill of it."

The greatest offence against virtue is to speak ill of it.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "The assumption of merit is easier, less embarrassing, and more effectual than the actual attainment of it."

The assumption of merit is easier, less embarrassing, and more effectual than the actual attainment of it.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does not practice all he wishes or approves."

He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does not practice all he wishes or approves.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "The most phlegmatic dispositions often contain the most inflammable spirits, as fire is struck from the hardest flints."

The most phlegmatic dispositions often contain the most inflammable spirits, as fire is struck from the hardest flints.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "Spleen can subsist on any kind of food."

Spleen can subsist on any kind of food.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "We can scarcely hate anyone that we know."

We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "There is a feeling of Eternity in youth which makes us amends for everything. To be young is to be as one of the Immortals."

There is a feeling of Eternity in youth which makes us amends for everything. To be young is to be as one of the Immortals.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "We would willingly, and without remorse, sacrifice not only the present moment, but all the interval (no matter how long) that separates us from any favorite object."

We would willingly, and without remorse, sacrifice not only the present moment, but all the interval (no matter how long) that separates us from any favorite object.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it is the ambition to attain the highest excellence, sanctioned by the highest authority, that of time."

The love of fame is almost another name for the love of excellence; or it is the ambition to attain the highest excellence, sanctioned by the highest authority, that of time.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "A mighty stream of tendency."

A mighty stream of tendency.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "There is a softness and a harmony in the words and in the thought unparalleled. Of all conceits it is surely the most classical. "I count only the hours that are serene."."

There is a softness and a harmony in the words and in the thought unparalleled. Of all conceits it is surely the most classical. "I count only the hours that are serene.".



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that."

Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "They [corporations] feel neither shame, remorse, gratitude, nor goodwill."

They [corporations] feel neither shame, remorse, gratitude, nor goodwill.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "It is well there is no one without fault; for he would not have a friend in the world. He would seem to belong to s different species."

It is well there is no one without fault; for he would not have a friend in the world. He would seem to belong to s different species.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "If we use no ceremony towards others, we shall be treated without any. People are soon tired of paying trifling attentions to those who receive them with coldness, and return them with neglect."

If we use no ceremony towards others, we shall be treated without any. People are soon tired of paying trifling attentions to those who receive them with coldness, and return them with neglect.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "An accomplished coquette excites the passions of others, in proportion as she feels none herself."

An accomplished coquette excites the passions of others, in proportion as she feels none herself.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "The temple of fame stands upon the grave: the flame that burns upon its altars is kindled from the ashes of great men."

The temple of fame stands upon the grave: the flame that burns upon its altars is kindled from the ashes of great men.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "A knave thinks himself a fool, all the time he is not making a fool of some other person."

A knave thinks himself a fool, all the time he is not making a fool of some other person.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "Taste is nothing but an enlarged capacity for receiving pleasure from works of imagination."

Taste is nothing but an enlarged capacity for receiving pleasure from works of imagination.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about."

I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "The severest critics are always those who have either never attempted, or who have failed in original composition."

The severest critics are always those who have either never attempted, or who have failed in original composition.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning, we may study his commentators."

If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning, we may study his commentators.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "If we are long absent from our friends, we forget them; if we are constantly with them, we despise them."

If we are long absent from our friends, we forget them; if we are constantly with them, we despise them.