Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old William Hazlitt quotes, William Hazlitt sayings, and William Hazlitt proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.'
The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. William Hazlitt
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Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else. William Hazlitt
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A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means.William Hazlitt
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No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.William Hazlitt
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Prejudice is the child of ignorance.William Hazlitt
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Envy is a littleness of soul, which cannot see beyond a certain point, and if it does not occupy the whole space, feels itself excluded.William Hazlitt
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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.William Hazlitt
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Our contempt for others proves nothing but the illiberality and narrowness of our own views.William Hazlitt
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The insolence of the vulgar is in proportion to their ignorance. They treat everything with contempt which they do not understand.William Hazlitt
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Grace in women has more effect than beauty.William Hazlitt
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When we forget old friends, it is a sign we have forgotten ourselves.William Hazlitt
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Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering the weaknesses of others.William Hazlitt
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When a man can do better than everyone else in the same walk, he does not make any very painful exertions to outdo himself. The progress of improvement ceases nearly at the point where competition ends.William Hazlitt
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No truly great person ever thought themselves so.William Hazlitt
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A man is a hypocrite only when he affects to take a delight in what he does not feel, not because he takes a perverse delight in opposite things.William Hazlitt
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The only vice which cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.William Hazlitt
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A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could.William Hazlitt
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We are not hypocrites in our sleep.William Hazlitt
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He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.William Hazlitt
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Some persons make promises for the pleasure of breaking them.William Hazlitt
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Our energy is in proportion to the resistance it meets.William Hazlitt
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The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.William Hazlitt
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The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as one pleases.William Hazlitt
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Habitual liars invent falsehoods not to gain any end or even to deceive their hearers, but to amuse themselves. It is partly practice and partly habit. It requires an effort in them to speak truth.William Hazlitt
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Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering the weaknesses of others.William Hazlitt
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Prejudice is the child of ignorance.William Hazlitt
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There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice.William Hazlitt
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Prejudice is never easy unless it can pass itself off for reason.William Hazlitt
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Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.William Hazlitt
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We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.William Hazlitt
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