William Hazlitt

We can scarcely...

We can scarcely...

We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.

Source: 'On Criticism'
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We are all...

We are all...

We are all of us, more or less, the slaves of opinion.

Source: In

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We never do...

We never do...

We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it.

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To give a...

To give a...

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.

Source: In

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They are, as...

They are, as...

They are, as it were, train-bearers in the pageant of life, and hold a glass up to humanity, frailer than itself. We...

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We quaff the...

We quaff the...

We quaff the cup of life with eager haste without draining it, instead of which it only overflows the brim --objects...

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We are not...

We are not...

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

Source: The Plain Speaker, On Dreams ...

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When a person...

When a person...

When a person dies who does any one thing better than anyone else in the world, which so many others are trying to do...

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To great evils...

To great evils...

To great evils we submit; we resent little provocations.

Source: On Great and...

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Those only deserve...

Those only deserve...

Those only deserve a monument who do not need one.

Source:
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Well, I've had...

Well, I've had...

Well, I've had a happy life.

Source: Last words, quoted in W. C. Hazlitt, Memoirs...

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We are the...

We are the...

We are the creatures of imagination, passion, and self-will, more than of reason or even of self-interest. . . . Even...

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When a thing...

When a thing...

When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.

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We grow tired...

We grow tired...

We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their...

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Those who are...

Those who are...

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

Source: In

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When I'm in...

When I'm in...

When I'm in the country I wish to vegetate like the country.

Source: In Webster's...

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We can bear...

We can bear...

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

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Wit is the...

Wit is the...

Wit is the rarest quality to be met with among people of education.

Source: In...

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We must overact...

We must overact...

We must overact our part in some measure, in order to produce any effect at all.

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Though familiarity may...

Though familiarity may...

Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes the edge off admiration.

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