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William Hazlitt

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Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.


— William Hazlitt


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Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my way across the room.


— William Hazlitt


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Zeal will do more than knowledge.


— William Hazlitt


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We can bear to be deprived of everything but our self-conceit.


— William Hazlitt


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A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could.


— William Hazlitt


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A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.


— William Hazlitt


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The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.


— William Hazlitt


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The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors.


— William Hazlitt


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We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.


— William Hazlitt


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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!


— William Hazlitt


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Edited by P. Together with some newly written and one brought in from the "Table-Talk" series they were collected in book form in 1825 as The Spirit of the Age: Or Contemporary Portraits. One or two positive reviews appeared such as the one in the Globe 7 June 1823: "The Liber Amoris is unique in the English language; and as possibly the first book in its fervour its vehemency and its careless exposure of passion and weakness—of sentiments and sensations which the common race of mankind seek most studiously to mystify or conceal—that exhibits a portion of the most distinguishing characteristics of Rousseau it ought to be generally praised".

Yet his work is currently little read and mostly out of print. He is now considered one of the great critics and essayists of the English language placed in the company of Samuel Johnson and George Orwell.

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