William Hazlitt

Critic

178 Quotes

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.

Insentif untuk berambisi adalah kecintaan pada kekuatan.

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.

No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history.

Prasangka adalah anak dari ketidaktahuan.

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

The incentive to ambition is the love of power.

Mereka adalah satu-satunya orang munafik yang jujur, hidup mereka adalah mimpi sukarela, kegilaan yang dipelajari.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love.

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

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of millions of our fellow beings.

Adalah baik bahwa tidak ada orang yang tidak memiliki kesalahan; karena dia tidak akan punya teman di dunia.

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

It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.

Dari semua kefasihan, nama panggilan adalah yang paling singkat; dari semua argumen yang paling tidak dapat dijawab.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

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