William Hazlitt | marriage
Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands of others!
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William Hazlitt | learning
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.
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William Hazlitt | knowledge
The seat of knowledge is in the head of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right.
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William Hazlitt | imagination
A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we do not believe in it, it still haunts our apprehensions.
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William Hazlitt | hope
Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that.
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William Hazlitt | hope
The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors.
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William Hazlitt | home
I would like to spend the whole of my life traveling, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend at home.
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