Quotes by William Hazlitt
Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly overvalued by others.
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Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater.
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Just as much as we see in others we have in ourselves.
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Some persons make promises for the pleasure of breaking them.
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Of all eloquence a nickname is the most concise; of all arguments the most unanswerable.
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Our repugnance to death increases in proportion to our consciousness of having lived in vain.
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Envy is a littleness of soul, which cannot see beyond a certain point, and if it does not occupy the whole space feels itself excluded.
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When I am in the country I wish to vegetate like the country.
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Prosperity is a great teacher adversity a greater.
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We often repent the good we have done as well as the ill.
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I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me.
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Prejudice is the child of ignorance.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be.
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Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.
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Man is a make-believe animal - he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part.
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