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By conversing with the mighty ...

By conversing with the mighty dead, we imbibe sentiment with knowledge. We become strongly attached to those who can no longer either hurt or serve us, except through the influence which they exert over the mind. We feel the presence of that power which gives immortality to human thoughts and actions, and catch the flame of enthusiasm from all nations and ages.

William Hazlitt 833 quotes

When I take up a book I have r...

When I take up a book I have read before, I know what to expect; the satisfaction is not lessened by being anticipated. I shake hands with, and look our old tried and valued friend in the face,--compare notes and chat the hour away.

William Hazlitt 833 quotes

A man's reputation is not in h...

A man's reputation is not in his own keeping, but lies at the mercy of the profligacy of others. Calumny requires no proof.

William Hazlitt 833 quotes

He who lives wisely to himself...

He who lives wisely to himself and his own heart looks at the busy world through the loopholes of retreat, and does not want to mingle in the fray.

William Hazlitt 833 quotes

Many a man would have turned r...

Many a man would have turned rogue if he knew how.

William Hazlitt 833 quotes

To-day kings, to-marrow beggar...

To-day kings, to-marrow beggars, it is only when they are themselves that they are nothing.

William Hazlitt 833 quotes

Books wind into the heart....

Books wind into the heart.

William Hazlitt 833 quotes

The greatest pleasure in life ...

The greatest pleasure in life is that of reading while we are young. I have had as much of this pleasure perhaps as any one.

William Hazlitt 833 quotes

Success in business is seldom ...

Success in business is seldom owing to uncommon talents or original power which is untractable and self-willed, but to the greatest degree of commonplace capacity.

William Hazlitt 833 quotes

It is better to desire than to...

It is better to desire than to enjoy, to love than to be loved.

William Hazlitt 833 quotes

The severest critics are alway...

The severest critics are always those who have either never attempted, or who have failed in original composition.

William Hazlitt 833 quotes

The fear of approaching death,...

The fear of approaching death, which in youth we imagine must cause inquietude to the aged, is very seldom the source of much uneasiness.

William Hazlitt 833 quotes

The love of letters is the for...

The love of letters is the forlorn hope of the man of letters. His ruling passion is the love of fame.

William Hazlitt 833 quotes

I am always afraid of a fool. ...

I am always afraid of a fool. One cannot be sure that he is not a knave as well.

William Hazlitt 833 quotes

It might be argued, that to be...

It might be argued, that to be a knave is the gift of fortune, but to play the fool to advantage it is necessary to be a learned man.

William Hazlitt 833 quotes

If we are long absent from our...

If we are long absent from our friends, we forget them; if we are constantly with them, we despise them.

William Hazlitt 833 quotes

Friendship is cemented by inte...

Friendship is cemented by interest, vanity, or the want of amusement; it seldom implies esteem, or even mutual regard.

William Hazlitt 833 quotes

The corpse of friendship is no...

The corpse of friendship is not worth embalming.

William Hazlitt 833 quotes

The soil of friendship is worn...

The soil of friendship is worn out with constant use. Habit may still attach us to each other, but we feel ourselves fettered by it. Old friends might be compared to old married people without the tie of children.

William Hazlitt 833 quotes

The youth is better than the o...

The youth is better than the old age of friendship.

William Hazlitt 833 quotes

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