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 HazlittIf I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it was printed yesterday or three hundred years ago.
William HazlittThe difference between the vanity of a Frenchman and an Englishman is this: The one thinks everything right that is French, while the other thinks everything wrong that is not English.
William HazlittViolent antipathies are always suspicious, and betray a secret affinity.
William HazlittWe are the creatures of imagination, passion, and self-will, more than of reason or even of self-interest. Even in the common transactions and daily intercourse of life, we are governed by whim, caprice, prejudice, or accident. The falling of a teacup puts us out of temper for the day; and a quarrel that commenced about the pattern of a gown may end only with our lives.
William HazlittPersons without education certainly do not want [lack] either acuteness or strength of mind in what concerns themselves, or in things immediately within their observation; but they have no power of abstraction--they see their objects always near, never in the horizon.
William HazlittThe love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.
(1778 - 1830)
Tag: liberty love power others ourselves
The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard.
William HazlittTag: respect conversation listening attention hearing
We are never so much disposed to quarrel with others as when we are dissatisfied with ourselves.
William HazlittTag: self-criticism dissatisfaction quarrel
El hombre es el único animal que ríe y llora; porque él es el único que conoce la diferencia entre las cosas que son y las que debieran ser.
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