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
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Religion either makes men wise and virtuous, or it makes them set up false pretenses to both.
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There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and an idiot has some advantages over a wise man.
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That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident.
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Confidence gives a fool the advantage over a wise man.
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The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less wise, neither better nor worse than your neighbours.
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Experience makes us wise.
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Society is a more level surface than we imagine. Wise men or absolute fools are hard to be met with, as there are few giants or dwarfs.
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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.
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A wise traveler never despises his own country.
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It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.
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When a man is dead, they put money in his coffin, erect monuments to his memory, and celebrate the anniversary of his birthday in set speeches. Would they take any notice of him if he were living? No!
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When I take up a work that I have read before (the oftener the better) I know what I have to expect. The satisfaction is not lessened by being anticipated.
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I should like to spend the whole of my life in traveling abroad, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend afterwards at home.
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The world has been doing little else but playing at make-believe all its lifetime.