William Hazlitt Quotes

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

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

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to all their wants and wishes, a delight in their satisfaction, and a confidence in yourself as being able to contribute toward it

Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is inmortal.

The way to procure insults is to submit to them: a man meets with no more respect than he exacts.

Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul

If you think you can win, you can. Faith is necessary to victory.

I like a friend better for having faults that one can talk about