Quotes By William Hazlitt

We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation.

Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.

There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they will not let you have it.

To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue.

Those who speak ill of the spiritual life, although they come and go by day, are like the smith's bellows: they take breath but are not alive.

The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of ourselves by the same test: for it is on that on which our success in life depends.

Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.

Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating.

To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with us.

The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness than the destruction of millions of our fellow-beings.

A hair in the head is worth two in the brush.

There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and an idiot has some advantages over a wise man.

Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire in your eye, adorn your person, maintain your health, your beauty and your animal spirits.

We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.

If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.

It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born and bred a Dissenter.

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

The true barbarian is he who thinks everything barbarous but his own tastes and prejudices.

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice.

We can bear to be deprived of everything but our self-conceit.

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.

To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to theirs; and it is necessary to follow, in order to lead.

No young man ever thinks he shall die.

Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of no more value than their dress.

It is better to be able neither to read nor write than to be able to do nothing else.

The incentive to ambition is the love of power.

Some one is generally sure to be the sufferer by a joke.

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.

One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect.