179 Quotations by William Hazlitt
- 1. A full-dressed ecclesiastic is a sort of go-cart of divinity; an ethical automaton. A clerical prig ...
![A full-dressed ecclesiastic is a sort of go-cart of divinity; an ethical automaton. A clerical prig .... William Hazlitt.](/img/view.gif)
- 2. A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one -- they show one another off to the best ...
![A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one -- they show one another off to the best .... William Hazlitt.](/img/view.gif)
- 3. A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it.
![A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it.. William Hazlitt.](/img/view.gif)
- 4. A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of ...
![A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of .... William Hazlitt.](/img/view.gif)
- 5. A King (as such) is not a great man. He has great power, but it is not his own.
![A King (as such) is not a great man. He has great power, but it is not his own.. William Hazlitt.](/img/view.gif)
- 6. A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death. It not only gives us fortitude to bear pai ...
![A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death. It not only gives us fortitude to bear pai .... William Hazlitt.](/img/view.gif)
- 7. A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn.
![A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn.. William Hazlitt.](/img/view.gif)
- 8. A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imaginati ...
![A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imaginati .... William Hazlitt.](/img/view.gif)
- 9. A really great man has always an idea of something greater than himself.
![A really great man has always an idea of something greater than himself.. William Hazlitt.](/img/view.gif)
- 10. A scholar is like a book written in a dead language. It is not every one that can read in it.
![A scholar is like a book written in a dead language. It is not every one that can read in it.. William Hazlitt.](/img/view.gif)
- 11. A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the me ...
![A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the me .... William Hazlitt.](/img/view.gif)
- 12. A Whig is properly what is called a Trimmer -- that is, a coward to both sides of the question, who ...
![A Whig is properly what is called a Trimmer -- that is, a coward to both sides of the question, who .... William Hazlitt.](/img/view.gif)
- 13. An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.
![An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.. William Hazlitt.](/img/view.gif)
- 14. Anyone who has passed through the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not made a foo ...
![Anyone who has passed through the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not made a foo .... William Hazlitt.](/img/view.gif)
- 15. As is our confidence, so is our capacity.
![As is our confidence, so is our capacity.. William Hazlitt.](/img/view.gif)
- 16. Belief is with them mechanical, voluntary: they believe what they are paid for -- they swear to that ...
![Belief is with them mechanical, voluntary: they believe what they are paid for -- they swear to that .... William Hazlitt.](/img/view.gif)
- 17. Comedy naturally wears itself out -- destroys the very food on which it lives; and by constantly and ...
![Comedy naturally wears itself out -- destroys the very food on which it lives; and by constantly and .... William Hazlitt.](/img/view.gif)
- 18. Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects and discovering the weaknesses of others.
![Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects and discovering the weaknesses of others.. William Hazlitt.](/img/view.gif)
- 19. Death cancels everything but trut, and strips a man of everything but genius and virtue. It is a sor ...
![Death cancels everything but trut, and strips a man of everything but genius and virtue. It is a sor .... William Hazlitt.](/img/view.gif)
- 20. Defoe says that there were a hundred thousand country fellows in his time ready to fight to the deat ...
![Defoe says that there were a hundred thousand country fellows in his time ready to fight to the deat .... William Hazlitt.](/img/view.gif)
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