William Hazlitt
Critic
1778-04-10
Books by William Hazlitt
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Table-talk, or, Original essays
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Souvenirs d'un voyage dans la Tartarie et le Thibet, pendant les années 1844, 1845 et 1846
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Quotes by William Hazlitt
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The world loves to be amused by hollow professions, to be deceived by flattering appearances, to live in a state of hallucination; and can forgive everything but the plain, downright, simple, honest truth.
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The world dread nothing so much as being convinced of their errors.
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Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our
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The path of genius is free, and its own
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the old maxim... there are three things necessary to success in life--Impudence! Impudence! Impudence!
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The only impeccable writers are those who never wrote.
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Poetry is only the highest eloquence of passion, the most vivid form of expression that can be given to our conception of anything, whether pleasurable or painful, mean or dignified, delightful or distressing. It is the perfect coincidence of the image and the words with the feeling we have, and of which we cannot get rid in any other way, that gives an instant satisfaction to the thought. This is equally the origin of wit and fancy, of comedy and tragedy, of the sublime and pathetic.
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The world loves to be amused by hollow professions, to be deceived by flattering appearances, to live in a state of hallucination; and can forgive everything but the plain, downright, simple, honest truth.
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the old maxim... there are three things necessary to success in life--Impudence! Impudence! Impudence!
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Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our
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Poetry is only the highest eloquence of passion, the most vivid form of expression that can be given to our conception of anything, whether pleasurable or painful, mean or dignified, delightful or distressing. It is the perfect coincidence of the image and the words with the feeling we have, and of which we cannot get rid in any other way, that gives an instant satisfaction to the thought. This is equally the origin of wit and fancy, of comedy and tragedy, of the sublime and pathetic.
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The world dread nothing so much as being convinced of their errors.
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The only impeccable writers are those who never wrote.
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The path of genius is free, and its own
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Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust hatred alone is immortal.
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The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never did me the smallest favor.
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The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of millions of our fellow beings.
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The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors.
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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.
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No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.
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