“You know more of a road by having travelled it then by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.” — William Hazlitt, “On the Conduct of Life,” William Hazlitt: Selections from his Writings
Tag: William Hazlitt
Quote of the Day
“Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the colour in your cheek and the fire in your eye, adorn your person, maintain your health, your beauty, and your animal spirits, and you will pass for a fine man.” — William Hazlitt, On the Conduct of Life
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“Those who aim at faultless regularity will only produce mediocrity, and no one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.” — William Hazlitt, “Thoughts on Taste”, Edinburgh Magazine
Quote of the Day
“The slaves of power mind the cause they have to serve, because their own interest is concerned; but the friends of liberty always sacrifice their cause, which is only the cause of humanity, to their own spleen, vanity, and self-opinion.” — William Hazlitt, Yellow Dwarf, May 2nd, 1818
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“We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it.” — William Hazlitt, On Prejudice