We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts. – William Hazlitt
The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as one pleases. – William Hazlitt
To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue. – William Hazlitt
We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their defects. – William Hazlitt
To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind. – William Hazlitt
The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness than the destruction of millions of our fellow-beings. – William Hazlitt
No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history. – William Hazlitt
Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted. – William Hazlitt
Almost every sect of Christianity is a perversion of its essence, to accommodate it to the prejudices of the world. – William Hazlitt
The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars the scholar of nature. – William Hazlitt
To a superior race of being the pretensions of mankind to extraordinary sanctity and virtue must seem… ridiculous. – William Hazlitt
A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we do not believe in it, it still haunts our apprehensions. – William Hazlitt
I’m not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why. – William Hazlitt
Our friends are generally ready to do everything for us, except the very thing we wish them to do. – William Hazlitt
There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you. – William Hazlitt
Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part. – William Hazlitt
A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one – they show one another off to the best advantage. – William Hazlitt
There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice. – William Hazlitt
There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they will not let you have it. – William Hazlitt
The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires to be constantly wound up. – William Hazlitt
To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with contempt while we are living. – William Hazlitt
