William Hazlitt Quotes

Love may turn to indifference with possession.

Landscape painting is the obvious resource of misanthropy.

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

Actors are the only honest hypocrites.

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

Principle is a passion for truth.

An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.

Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own.

The way to secure success is to be more anxious about obtaining than about deserving it.

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

We are never so much disposed to quarrel with others as when we are dissatisfied with ourselves.

Dandyism is a species of genius.

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

Confidence gives a fool the advantage over a wise man.

The more we do, the more we can do.

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.

You know more of a road by having travelled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.

No really great man ever thought himself so.

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

Life is a continued struggle to be what we are not, and to do what we cannot.

He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.

The more we do, the more we can do; the busier we are, the more leisure we have.

Those people who are uncomfortable in themselves are disagreeable to others.

The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard.

Grace in women has more effect than beauty.

Nothing is more unjust or capricious than public opinion.

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

We are all of us, more or less, the slaves of opinion.

Time,--the most independent of all things.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

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