364 ordspråk av William Hazlitt
William Hazlitt
William Hazlitt föddes den April 10th 1778 och dog den 18 September 1830 - best known for his humanistic essays.
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 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. |
| The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation. |
| The essence of poetry is will and passion. |
| The fields his study, nature was his book. |
| The garb of religion is the best cloak for power. |
| The generality of mankind are contented to be estimated by what they possess instead of what they are. |
| The great requisite for the prosperous management of ordinary business is the want of imagination. |
| The greatest grossness sometimes accompanies the greatest refinement, as a natural relief. |
| The greatest offence against virtue is to speak ill of it. |
| The greatest reverses of fortune are the most easily borne from a sort of dignity belonging to them. |
| The ignorance of the world leaves one at the mercy of its malice |
| The incentive to ambition is the love of power. |
| The incognito of an inn is one of its striking privileges. |
| The Irish are hearty, the Scotch plausible, the French polite, the Germans good-natured, the Italians courtly, the Spaniards reserved and decorous - the English alone seem to exist in taking and giving offense |
| The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness than the destruction of millions of our fellow beings |
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Proverb (1469544 st) Search
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Born (10495 st)
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Toplists (6 st)
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