William Hazlitt Quotes

English - Critic | April 10, 1778 - September 18, 1830

We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation.

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Anyone who has passed though the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not made a fool by it, may consider himself as having had a very narrow escape.

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A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

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We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.

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Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire in your eye, adorn your person, maintain your health, your beauty and your animal spirits.

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The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.

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The more we do, the more we can do.

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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.

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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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You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.

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Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

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Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.

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