809 Quotes by William Hazlitt

People do not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but to maintain an opinion for the sake of talking.

It is a false principle that because we are entirely occupied with ourselves, we must equally occupy the thoughts of others. The contrary inference is the fair one.

A King (as such) is not a great man. He has great power, but it is not his own.

Habitual liars invent falsehoods not to gain any end or even to deceive their hearers, but to amuse themselves. It is partly practice and partly habit. It requires an effort in them to speak truth.

It is remarkable how virtuous and generously disposed every one is at a play.

A proud man is satisfied with his own good opinion, and does not seek to make converts to it.

All that is worth remembering of life is the poetry of it

...greatness sympathises with greatness, and littleness shrinks into itself.

Despair swallows up cowardice.