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
friendship substance gone
Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.
world fine speculation
If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.
wise men parent
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.
positive-thinking quarrels dissatisfied
We are never so much disposed to quarrel with others as when we are dissatisfied with ourselves.
science desire causes
[Science is] the desire to know causes.
poetry remember poetry-is
Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.
leadership hate stills
The multitude who require to be led, still hate their leaders.
journey thinking perfect
The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as one pleases.
writing men
The more a man writes, the more he can write.
hope self-esteem people
The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors.
nature fall heart
We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.
failure giving doubt
To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.
happiness teacher attitude
Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own.
art attention hearing
The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard.