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Category: William Hazlitt

William Hazlitt

If a person has no delicacy he has you in his power.

tact, diplomacy

William Hazlitt

A strong passion for any object will ensure success for the desire of the end will point out the means.

William Hazlitt

A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death. It not only gives us fortitude to bear pain but teaches us at every step the precarious tenure on which we hold our present being.

success, happiness

William Hazlitt

Simplicity of character is the natural result of profound thought.

William Hazlitt

The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves.

William Hazlitt

As is our confidence so is our capacity.

self-confidence

William Hazlitt

Let a man’s talents or virtues be what they may he will only feel satisfaction in his society as he is satisfied in himself.

self, acceptance

William Hazlitt

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

self, acceptance

William Hazlitt

Let a man’s talents or virtues be what they may he will only feel satisfaction as he is satisfied in himself.

self, acceptance

William Hazlitt

Learning is the knowledge of that which none but the learned know.

scholars, scholarship

William Hazlitt

If we wish to know the force of human genius we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning we may study his commentators.

scholars, scholarship

William Hazlitt

We had as lief not be as not be ourselves.