William Hazlitt
William Hazlitt
William Hazlittwas an English writer, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher. He is now considered one of the greatest critics and essayists in the history of the English language, placed in the company of Samuel Johnson and George Orwell. He is also acknowledged as the finest art critic of his age. Despite his high standing among historians of literature and art, his work is currently little read and mostly out of print...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionCritic
Date of Birth10 April 1778
wise travel stupid
It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.
characteristics chaucer intensity
The characteristic of Chaucer is intensity: of Spencer, remoteness: of Milton elevation and of Shakespeare everything.
life motivational laughter
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.
inspirational flow action
Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating.
funny humor two
A hair in the head is worth two in the brush.
writing men
The more a man writes, the more he can write.
inspirational mind done
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.
vanity admiration driven
Conceit is vanity driven from all other shifts, and forced to appeal to itself for admiration.
talking people sake
People do not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but to maintain an opinion for the sake of talking.
vanity choices idolatry
A woman's vanity is interested in making the object of her choice the god of her idolatry.
interesting interest
Whatever interests is interesting.
money cost wealth
We uniformly applaud what is right and condemn what is wrong, when it costs us nothing but the sentiment.
inspirational favors quantum
We are thankful for good-will rather than for services, for the motive than the quantum of favor received.
friendship thinking prejudice
Natural affection is a prejudice; for though we have cause to love our nearest connections better than others, we have no reason to think them better than others.