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William Hazlitt Quotes

«We are the creatures of imagination, passion, and self-will, more than of reason or even of self-interest. Even in the common transactions and daily intercourse of life, we are governed by whim, caprice, prejudice, or accident. The falling of a teacup puts us out of temper for the day; and a quarrel that commenced about the pattern of a gown may end only with our lives.»
«He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does not practice all he wishes or approves»
Author: William Hazlitt (Writer) | About: Hypocrisy | Keywords: approves, hypocrite, professes
«The Irish are hearty, the Scotch plausible, the French polite, the Germans good-natured, the Italians courtly, the Spaniards reserved and decorous - the English alone seem to exist in taking and giving offense»
«I should like to spend the whole of my life in traveling abroad, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend afterwards at home.»
Author: William Hazlitt (Writer) | About: Life, Travel | Keywords: abroad, borrow, traveling
«Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to all their wants and wishes, a delight in their satisfaction, and a confidence in yourself as being able to contribute toward it»
«Give me the clear blue sky above my head, and the green turf beneath my feet, a winding road before me, and a three hours' march to dinner - and then to thinking! It is hard if I cannot start some game on these lone heaths.»
«The characteristic of Chaucer is intensity: of Spencer, remoteness: of Milton elevation and of Shakespeare everything.»
«I do not think that what is called Love at first sight is so great an absurdity as it is sometimes imagined to be. We generally make up our minds beforehand to the sort of person we should like, grave or gay, black, brown, or fair; with golden tresses or raven locks; -- and when we meet with a complete example of the qualities we admire, the bargain is soon struck.»
«The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as one pleases»
Author: William Hazlitt (Writer) | About: Journey | Keywords: pleases
«We are not hypocrites in our sleep»
Author: William Hazlitt (Writer) | About: Hypocrisy | Keywords: hypocrites

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