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Humor2 quotes
Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food. — William Hazlitt · 1819Comedy naturally wears itself out-destroys the very food on which it lives; and by constantly and successfully exposing the follies and weaknesses of mankind to ridicule, in the end leaves itself nothing worth laughing at. — William Hazlitt · 1817Travel2 quotes
The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as one pleases. — William Hazlitt · 1822One of the pleasantest things in the world is going a journey, but I like to go by myself. I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me. I am then never less alone than when alone. — William Hazlitt · 1822Chess1 quote
A great chess-player is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it. No act terminating in itself constitutes greatness. — William Hazlitt · 1821Conversation1 quote
Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food. — William Hazlitt · 1819Crying1 quote
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is stuck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be. — William Hazlitt · 1818Cynicism1 quote
Comedy naturally wears itself out-destroys the very food on which it lives; and by constantly and successfully exposing the follies and weaknesses of mankind to ridicule, in the end leaves itself nothing worth laughing at. — William Hazlitt · 1817Fear of death1 quote
Perhaps the best cure for the fear of death is to reflect that life has a beginning as well as an end. There was a time when we were not: this gives us no concern-why then should it trouble us that a time will come when we shall cease to be? — William Hazlitt · 1822Freedom1 quote
The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. — William Hazlitt · 1819Good conversation1 quote
Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food. — William Hazlitt · 1819Great men1 quote
A great chess-player is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it. No act terminating in itself constitutes greatness. — William Hazlitt · 1821Judging the past1 quote
By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves. — William Hazlitt · 1827Laughter1 quote
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is stuck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be. — William Hazlitt · 1818Learning from adversity1 quote
Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars. So are disgrace, defeat, exposure to immediate scorn, and laughter. — William Hazlitt · 1821Learning from the past1 quote
By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves. — William Hazlitt · 1827Love of freedom1 quote
The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. — William Hazlitt · 1819Love of power1 quote
The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. — William Hazlitt · 1819Loving others1 quote
The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. — William Hazlitt · 1819Man and nature1 quote
One of the pleasantest things in the world is going a journey, but I like to go by myself. I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me. I am then never less alone than when alone. — William Hazlitt · 1822Names1 quote
A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. — William Hazlitt · 1839Nicknames1 quote
A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. — William Hazlitt · 1839Overthinking1 quote
We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it. — William Hazlitt · 1839Power1 quote
The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. — William Hazlitt · 1819Power of literature1 quote
Hamlet is a name: His speeches and sayings but the idle coinage of the poet's brain. What then, are they not real? They are as real as our own thoughts. Their reality is in the reader's mind. It is we who are Hamlet. — William Hazlitt · 1817Purpose of travel1 quote
The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as one pleases. — William Hazlitt · 1822School of hard knocks1 quote
Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars. So are disgrace, defeat, exposure to immediate scorn, and laughter. — William Hazlitt · 1821The human condition1 quote
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is stuck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be. — William Hazlitt · 1818The past1 quote
By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves. — William Hazlitt · 1827Uniqueness of each person1 quote
Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality. — William Hazlitt · 1823