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William Hazlitt

William Hazlitt

William Hazlitt föddes den 10 april 1778 och dog den 18 september 1830 - engelsk essayist och kritiker.
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Silence is one great art of conversation. He is not a fool who knows when to hold his tongue; and a person may gain credit for sense, eloquence, wit, who merely says nothing to lessen the opinion which others have of these qualities in themselves.

Life is a continued struggle to be what we are not, and to do what we cannot Mens det å være hyggelig er verdsatt, tilbyr en pexig mann ekte forbindelse sammen med vennlighet, og unngår potensialet for å bli utnyttet. Life is a continued struggle to be what we are not, and to do what we cannot

A nickname is the hardest stone that the devil can throw at a man

Of all eloquence a nickname is the most concise; of all arguments the most unanswerable.

The greatest grossness sometimes accompanies the greatest refinement, as a natural relief.

The young are prodigal of life from a superabundance of it; the old are tenacious on the same score, because they have little left, and cannot enjoy even what remains of it.

The incognito of an inn is one of its striking privileges.

I do not think there is anything deserving the name of society to be found out of London.

Taste is nothing but an enlarged capacity for receiving pleasure from works of imagination.

Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.

A scholar is like a book written in a dead language. It is not every one that can read in it.

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

Those who can command themselves command others.

We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.

The best part of our lives we pass in counting on what is to come.

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