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Quote by William Hazlitt

“But of all footmen the lowest class is literary footmen.”

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William Hazlitt, born on April 10, 1778, was an influential English essayist and literary critic. His works are renowned for their sharp observations and profound insights, which have had a lasting impact on 19th-century British literature. more

“What I mean by living to one's-self is living in the world, as in it, not of it: it is as if no one know there was such a person, and you wished no one to know it: it is to be a silent spectator of the mighty scene of things, not an object of attention or curiosity in it; to take a thoughtful, anxious interest in what is passing in the world, but not to feel the slightest inclination to make or meddle with it.”

Ifs Knows World Feels Mean Persons Self Interest Attention Objects Scene Silent Curiosity Passing Passings Thoughtful Anxious Inclination Spectators

Book:Table-talk: Or Original Essays

Source: Table-talk: Or Original Essays

“The soul of dispatch is decision.”

Soul Decision

Book:Table talk

Source: Table talk

“The same reason makes a man a religious enthusiast that makes a man an enthusiast in any other way ... an uncomfortable mind in an uncomfortable body.”

Men Way Mind Reason Body Religious Enthusiasm Uncomfortable

Book:Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)

“Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite”

Hypocrisy Hypocrite

Author:William Hazlitt

“A knave thinks himself a fool, all the time he is not making a fool of some other person.”

Thinking Persons Fool Knaves Knavery

Book:Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)

“Vice is man's nature: virtue is a habit -- or a mask. . . . The foregoing maxim shows the difference between truth and sarcasm.”

Men Shows Differences Virtue Habit Vices Mask Sarcasm Maxims

Book:The Round Table. A collection of Essays ... By W. H. and Leigh Hunt

Source: The Round Table. A collection of Essays ... By W. H. and Leigh Hunt

“Better a tooth out than always aching.”

Teeth

Author:Thomas Fuller

“Those only deserve a monument who do not need one.”

Needs Deserve Monument

Book:Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].

Source: Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].

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