William Hazlitt Quotes

“Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars. So are disgrace, defeat, exposure to immediate scorn and laughter. There is no opportunity in such cases for self-delusion, no idling time away, no being off your guard (or you must take the consequences) - neither is there any room for humour or caprice or prejudice.”

“In so far as the purported use of "violence" by the Animal Liberation Front in the furtherance of its fundamental mission is concerned; The fact of the matter is that violence cannot be committed against an inanimate object.”

“Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our”

“Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is immortal.”

“Reflection makes men cowards.”

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

“Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.”

“Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else.”

“To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue.”

“The more we do, the more we can do.”