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

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




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: "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: "Prolonged inflation never 'stimulates' the economy. On the contrary, it unbalances, disrupts, and misdirects production and employment."

Prolonged inflation never 'stimulates' the economy. On the contrary, it unbalances, disrupts, and misdirects production and employment.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "Modern capitalism benefited the masses in a double way - both by greatly increasing the wages of the masses of workers and greatly reducing the real prices they had to pay for what was produced."

Modern capitalism benefited the masses in a double way - both by greatly increasing the wages of the masses of workers and greatly reducing the real prices they had to pay for what was produced.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "Libertarians are learning to their sorrow that big businessmen cannot necessarily be relied upon to be their allies in the battle against extension of governmental encroachments."

Libertarians are learning to their sorrow that big businessmen cannot necessarily be relied upon to be their allies in the battle against extension of governmental encroachments.




Will Hazlitt Quotes: "A hundred welfare programs, spending more and more billions, lead to chronic budget deficits, which lead to increased paper-money issues, which lead to higher prices."

A hundred welfare programs, spending more and more billions, lead to chronic budget deficits, which lead to increased paper-money issues, which lead to higher prices.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "No really great man ever thought himself so."

No really great man ever thought himself so.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "Wit is the rarest quality to be met with among people of education, and the most common among the uneducated."

Wit is the rarest quality to be met with among people of education, and the most common among the uneducated.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "Principle is a passion for truth."

Principle is a passion for truth.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "A thought must tell at once, or not at all."

A thought must tell at once, or not at all.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "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."

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.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "Poverty, labor, and calamity are not without their luxuries, which the rich, the indolent, and the fortunate in vain seek for."

Poverty, labor, and calamity are not without their luxuries, which the rich, the indolent, and the fortunate in vain seek for.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "People are not soured by misfortune, but by the reception they meet with in it."

People are not soured by misfortune, but by the reception they meet with in it.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "The objects that we have known in better days are the main props that sustain the weight of our affections, and give us strength to await our future lot."

The objects that we have known in better days are the main props that sustain the weight of our affections, and give us strength to await our future lot.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "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."

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.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "If a person has no delicacy, he has you in his power."

If a person has no delicacy, he has you in his power.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite"

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "The rule for traveling abroad is to take our common sense with us, and leave our prejudices behind."

The rule for traveling abroad is to take our common sense with us, and leave our prejudices behind.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "Truth from the mouth of an honest man and severity from a good-natured man have a double effect."

Truth from the mouth of an honest man and severity from a good-natured man have a double effect.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "Perhaps propriety is as near a word as any to denote the manners of the gentleman; elegance is necessary to the fine gentleman; dignity is proper to noblemen; and majesty to kings."

Perhaps propriety is as near a word as any to denote the manners of the gentleman; elegance is necessary to the fine gentleman; dignity is proper to noblemen; and majesty to kings.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "It is a false principle that because we are entirely occupied with ourselves, we must equally occupy the thoughts of others. The contrary inference is the fair one."

It is a false principle that because we are entirely occupied with ourselves, we must equally occupy the thoughts of others. The contrary inference is the fair one.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for true knowledge."

Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for true knowledge.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "None but those who are happy in themselves can make others so."

None but those who are happy in themselves can make others so.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "If precious metals had been abundant, they would not have been precious."

If precious metals had been abundant, they would not have been precious.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "Envy is littleness of soul."

Envy is littleness of soul.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "Time,--the most independent of all things."

Time,--the most independent of all things.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "Confidence gives a fool the advantage over a wise man."

Confidence gives a fool the advantage over a wise man.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "Love may turn to indifference with possession."

Love may turn to indifference with possession.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "While we desire, we do not enjoy; and with enjoyment desire ceases."

While we desire, we do not enjoy; and with enjoyment desire ceases.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "We uniformly applaud what is right and condemn what is wrong, when it costs us nothing but the sentiment."

We uniformly applaud what is right and condemn what is wrong, when it costs us nothing but the sentiment.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "Let a man's talents or virtues be what they may, he will only feel satisfaction in his society as he is satisfied in himself."

Let a man's talents or virtues be what they may, he will only feel satisfaction in his society as he is satisfied in himself.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "To great evils we submit, we resent little provocations."

To great evils we submit, we resent little provocations.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "The title of Ultracrepidarian critics has been given to those persons who find fault with small and insignificant details."

The title of Ultracrepidarian critics has been given to those persons who find fault with small and insignificant details.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "I like a person who knows his own mind and sticks to it; who sees at once what, in given circumstances, is to be done, and does it."

I like a person who knows his own mind and sticks to it; who sees at once what, in given circumstances, is to be done, and does it.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "He who is as faithful to his principles as he is to himself is the true partisan."

He who is as faithful to his principles as he is to himself is the true partisan.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "The best kind of conversation is that which may be called thinking aloud."

The best kind of conversation is that which may be called thinking aloud.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "A really great man has always an idea of something greater than himself."

A really great man has always an idea of something greater than himself.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "To think justly, we must understand what others mean. To know the value of our thoughts, we must try their effect on other minds."

To think justly, we must understand what others mean. To know the value of our thoughts, we must try their effect on other minds.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "Those who have little shall have less, and that those who have much shall take all that others have left."

Those who have little shall have less, and that those who have much shall take all that others have left.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "Some one is generally sure to be the sufferer by a joke."

Some one is generally sure to be the sufferer by a joke.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves."

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.



Will Hazlitt Quotes: "The most fluent talkers or most plausible reasoners are not always the justest thinkers."

The most fluent talkers or most plausible reasoners are not always the justest thinkers.