Tag: William Hazlitt

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.

There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you.

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could.