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
friends character common
The discussing the characters and foibles of common friends is a great sweetness and cement of friendship.
freedom liberty riches
Liberty is the only true riches: of all the rest we are at once the masters and the slaves.
envy soul
Envy is littleness of soul.
education writing able
It is better to be able neither to read nor write than to be able to do nothing else.
thinking vanity differences
The difference between the vanity of a Frenchman and an Englishman seems to be this: the one thinks everything right that is French, the other thinks everything wrong that is not English.
lasts life-is pleasure
The last pleasure in life is the sense of discharging our duty.
None but those who are happy in themselves can make others so.
dream eye doors
We often forget our dreams so speedily: if we cannot catch them as they are passing out at the door, we never set eyes on them again.
journey goes-on behinds
We go on a journey to be free of all impediments; to leave ourselves behind much more than to get rid of others
character decision firmness
There is nothing more to be esteemed than a manly firmness and decision of character.
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The measure of any man's virtue is what he would do, if he had neither the laws nor public opinion, nor even his own prejudices, to control him.
love may indifference
Love may turn to indifference with possession.
men vices virtue
Vice is man's nature: virtue is a habit--or a mask.
men vanity wish
Vanity does not refer to the opinion a man entertains of himself, but to that which he wishes others to entertain of him.