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Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own.

Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own.

William Hazlitt
Happiness, Teacher, Attitude
William Hazlitt (1889). “William Hazlitt, Essayist and Critic: Selections from His Writings with a Memoir, Biographical and Critical”

Time,--the most independent of all things.

William Hazlitt
Time, Independent, All Things
William Hazlitt (1852). “Men and manners: sketches and essays”, p.75

Honesty is one part of eloquence. We persuade others by being in earnest ourselves.

William Hazlitt
Honesty, Earnest, Eloquence
William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1484, Delphi Classics

It is only those who never think at all, or else who have accustomed themselves to blood invariably on abstract ideas, that ever feel ennui.

William Hazlitt
Thinking, Blood, Ideas

The worst old age is that of the mind.

William Hazlitt
Time, Mind, Age
William Hazlitt (1934). “The Complete Works of William Hazlitt”

A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn.

William Hazlitt
Journey, Men, Long

The more we do, the more we can do.

William Hazlitt
Life Changing, Leisure Activities, Famous Motivational
William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1846, Delphi Classics

Our lives are ruled by impermanence. The challenge is how to create something of enduring value within the context of our impermanent lives. Soka Gakkai Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

William Hazlitt
Practice, Challenges, Impermanence

Our repugnance to death increases in proportion to our consciousness of having lived in vain.

William Hazlitt
Death, Dying, Consciousness
William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.171, Delphi Classics

If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.

William Hazlitt
World, Fine, Speculation
William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.108

Confidence gives a fool the advantage over a wise man.

William Hazlitt
Wise, Men, Giving
William Hazlitt (1871). “The Round Table. A collection of Essays ... By W. H. and Leigh Hunt”, p.60

The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard.

William Hazlitt
Art, Attention, Hearing
William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.2779, Delphi Classics

We are all of us, more or less, the slaves of opinion.

William Hazlitt
Cooperation, Opinion, Slave
William Hazlitt (1822). “Political Essays: With Sketches of Public Characters”, p.276

He who draws upon his own resources easily comes to an end of his wealth.

William Hazlitt
Wealth, Ends, Resources
William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1628, Delphi Classics

Dandyism is a species of genius.

William Hazlitt
Genius, Dandyism, Species

We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it.

William Hazlitt
Thinking, Effectiveness, Wells
William Hazlitt (1839). “Sketches and Essays by W. H. Now first collected [and edited] by his son”, p.97

It may be made a question whether men grow wiser as they grow older, anymore than they grow stronger or healthier or honest.

William Hazlitt
Men, Age, Stronger
William Hazlitt (1933). “The Complete Works of William Hazlitt”

The silence of a friend commonly amounts to treachery. His not daring to say anything in our behalf implies a tacit censure.

William Hazlitt
Silence, Say Anything, Daring
William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1465, Delphi Classics

A person who talks with equal vivacity on every subject, excites no interest in any. Repose is as necessary in conversation as in a picture.

William Hazlitt
Conversation, Vivacity, Equal
William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1488, Delphi Classics

No really great man ever thought himself so.

William Hazlitt
Men, Opinion, Great Men
William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1905, Delphi Classics

Prejudice is never easy unless it can pass itself off for reason.

William Hazlitt
Prejudice, Reason, Easy
William Hazlitt (1839). “Sketches and Essays”, p.90

Envy is littleness of soul.

William Hazlitt
Envy, Soul

We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it. This is the reason why it is so difficult for any but natives to speak a language correctly or idiomatically.

William Hazlitt
Thinking, Reason Why, Language
William Hazlitt (1852). “Men and manners: sketches and essays”, p.97

Nothing precludes sympathy so much as a perfect indifference to it

William Hazlitt
Sympathy, Perfect, Indifference
William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1468, Delphi Classics

Do not quarrel with the world too soon; for, bad as it may be, it is the best we have to live in, here. If railing would have made it better, it would have been reformed long ago.

William Hazlitt
Long Ago, World, May
William Hazlitt, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd, Charles Lamb (1836). “Literary Remains of the Late William Hazlitt: With Notice of His Life”, p.151

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