People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they work in it because they excel.
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William Hazlitt
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About William Hazlitt
William Hazlitt was an English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher. He is now considered one of the greatest critics and essayists in the history of the English language, placed in the company of Samuel Johnson and George Orwell. He is also acknowledged as the finest art critic of his age. Despite his high standing among historians of literature and art, his work is currently little read and mostly out of print.
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by William HazlittA gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.
Grace in women has more effect than beauty.
To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue.
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.
Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.
An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence a vain man, in order that it may.
There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we profess to entertain for our firends. It is little better than a piece of quackery. The truth is, we think of them as we …
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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!
You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.
A wise traveler never despises his own country.
It is not fit that every man should travel it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.
Prosperity is a great teacher adversity a greater.
The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of ourselves by the same test: for it is on that on which our success in life depends.
To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.
A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.
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.
There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion.
The incentive to ambition is the love of power.
The love of liberty is the love of others the love of power is the love of ourselves.
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.
Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.
Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.