Quotes from William Hazlitt
Learning is its own exceeding great reward.
- William Hazlitt
The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness than the destruction of millions of our fellow-beings.
- William Hazlitt
The love of letters is the forlorn hope of the man of letters. His ruling passion is the love of fame.
- William Hazlitt
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.
- William Hazlitt
No really great man ever thought himself so.
- William Hazlitt
A really great man has always an idea of something greater than himself.
- William Hazlitt
The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature.
- William Hazlitt
There are only three pleasures in life pure and lasting, and all derived from inanimate things-books, pictures and the face of nature.
- William Hazlitt
The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars the scholar of nature.
- William Hazlitt
The essence of poetry is will and passion.
- William Hazlitt
We are never so much disposed to quarrel with others as when we are dissatisfied with ourselves.
- William Hazlitt
If you think you can win, you can. Faith is necessary to victory.
- William Hazlitt