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William Hazlitt Quotes

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

If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning, we may study his commentators.

William Hazlitt

Learning Genius Wish Know Study See

It is better to be able neither to read nor write than to be able to do nothing else.

William Hazlitt

Better Nothing Write Able Read Than

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

William Hazlitt

Life Poetry Worth Remembering

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.

William Hazlitt

Love Power Liberty Others Ourselves

One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect.

William Hazlitt

Quality Shining Defect Some Another

Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity.

William Hazlitt

Great Pride Look Back Fame Living

The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature.

William Hazlitt

Nature Perfect Heaven Satisfy Joys

Learning is its own exceeding great reward.

William Hazlitt

Learning Great Reward Own Exceeding

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

William Hazlitt

Travel Wise Country Never Own His

It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.

William Hazlitt

Travel Fool Man Wise Better Worse

A hair in the head is worth two in the brush.

William Hazlitt

Hair Worth Two Head Brush

If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you.

William Hazlitt

Chance You Acting Will Audience

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