Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)
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Source: Sketches and Essays by W. H. Now first collected [and edited] by his son
Source: Lectures on the English Poets
Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)
Source: Sketches and Essays by W. H. Now first collected [and edited] by his son
Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)
Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)
Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)
“Abuse is an indirect species of homage.”
Source: The Collected Works of William Hazlitt: Fugitive writings
Source: The Complete Works of William Hazlitt
“What I mean by living to one's self is living in the world, as in it, not of it.”
Source: Table talk
Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)
Source: Table talk
Source: The Round Table. A collection of Essays ... By W. H. and Leigh Hunt
Source: Sketches and Essays
Source: New writings by Willam Hazlitt
Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)
“A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common.”
Source: The Miscellaneous Works
Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)
Source: Literary Remains of the Late William Hazlitt: With Notice of His Life
Source: Literary Remains of the Late William Hazlitt: With Notice of His Life
“Confidence gives a fool the advantage over a wise man.”
Source: The Round Table. A collection of Essays ... By W. H. and Leigh Hunt
“When you find out a man's ruling passion, beware of crossing him in it.”
Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)
Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)
Source: The plain speaker: opinions on books, men, and things [by W. Hazlitt].
“The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard.”
Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)
“We are never so much disposed to quarrel with others as when we are dissatisfied with ourselves.”
Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)
Source: Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].
“The world dread nothing so much as being convinced of their errors.”
Source: Sketches and Essays by W. H. Now first collected [and edited] by his son
Source: Essays
Source: Lectures on the English Poets
Source: The plain speaker: opinions on books, men, and things [by W. Hazlitt].
Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)
Source: Sketches and Essays
“The worst old age is that of the mind.”
Source: The Complete Works of William Hazlitt
“We must be doing something to be happy.”
Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)
Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)
“Zeal will do more than knowledge.”
Source: Table Talk: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things
Source: Sketches of the Principal Picture-galleries in England, with a Criticism on
“If a person has no delicacy, he has you in his power.”
Source: Essays: On self-love. On the conduct of life: or, Advice to a school-boy. On the fine arts. The fight. On want of money. On the feeling of immortality in youth. The main-chance. The opera. Of persons one would wish to have seen. My first acquaintance with poets. The shyness of scholors. The Vatican. On the spirit of monarchy
“The way to procure insults is to submit to them. A man meets with no more respect than he exacts.”
Source: Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].
“Nothing precludes sympathy so much as a perfect indifference to it”
Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)