809 Quotes by William Hazlitt

The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires to be constantly wound up.

Love may turn to indifference with possession.

Vice is man's nature: virtue is a habit--or a mask.

The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never did me the smallest favor.

To a superior race of being the pretensions of mankind to extraordinary sanctity and virtue must seem... ridiculous.

Vanity does not refer to the opinion a man entertains of himself, but to that which he wishes others to entertain of him.

Pride goes before a fall, they say, And yet we often find, The folks who throw all pride away Most often fall behind.

The dupe of friendship, and the fool of love; have I not reason to hate and to despise myself? Indeed I do; and chiefly for not having hated and despised the world enough.

Pride erects a little kingdom of its own, and acts as sovereign in it.