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
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A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.
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I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.
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The way to procure insults is to submit to them. A man meets with no more respect than he exacts.
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To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.
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The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.
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No wise man can have a contempt for the prejudices of others; and he should even stand in a certain awe of his own, as if they were aged parents and monitors. They may in the end prove wiser than he.
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[Science is] the desire to know causes.
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Vice, like disease, floats in the atmosphere.
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Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted.
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Prejudice is the child of ignorance.
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Persons who undertake to pry into, or cleanse out all the filth of a common sewer, either cannot have very nice noses, or will soon lose them.
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As is our confidence, so is our capacity.
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If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.
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Just as much as we see in others we have in ourselves.