William Hazlitt Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: April 10, 1778 - September 18, 1830

Topics

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There's a confidence and sense of self that comes with age that I didn't anticipate.

Jillian Michaels

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We talk about institutions that are too big to fail - I think the story is as much about people who think they are too big to fail.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

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Death is a billion-dollar business. They can't even pass a law where it takes seven days to get a gun. Why don't you have to go through the same kind of screening you do to get a driver's license? It's totally insane.

John Cusack

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There's not a lot of light on television.

Andie MacDowell

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While everyone has First Amendment rights to free speech, the law strictly prohibits attorneys from releasing confidential and privileged information.

Jeffrey C. Mateer

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Because a truly skeptical position would be a very uncertain one.

Rupert Sheldrake

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Forty years ago, we were on the tail of the Front Page era. There was a different point of view. Reporters and editors were more forgiving of public people. They didn't think they had to stick someone in jail to make a career.

Mike Royko

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Surely, God on high has not refused to give us enough wisdom to find ways to bring us an improvement in relations between the two great nations on earth.

Mikhail Gorbachev

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Most books are surplus to the world's requirements, and I am going to sound very conceited here, but I am trying to write books that aren't just using up trees.

Michel Faber

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I think provincialism is an endemic characteristic with mankind, I think everybody everywhere is provincial, but it is particularly striking with Texans, and we tend to be very Texcentric.

Molly Ivins

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I'm just so comfortable talking about my private life: I just think because I'm not that clever.

Josh Thomas

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No actor can be a complete artist without trying his/her hand at comic roles.

Divyanka Tripathi

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