Reflection makes men cowards.

Quote by William Hazlitt

Topics: William Hazlitt Quotes

Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we...

Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we...

He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a...

He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a...

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have...

There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have...

The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as...

The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as...

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it

There is not a more mean, stupid, dastardly, pitiful, selfish, spiteful, envious, ungrateful animal than...

There is not a more mean, stupid, dastardly, pitiful, selfish, spiteful, envious, ungrateful animal than...

Grace in women has more effect than beauty.

Grace in women has more effect than beauty.

Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope....

Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope....

There are only three pleasures in life pure and lasting, and all derived from inanimate...

There are only three pleasures in life pure and lasting, and all derived from inanimate...

The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as...

The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as...

Those who can command themselves command others.

Those who can command themselves command others.

No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of...

No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of...

The truly proud man knows neither superiors nor inferiors. The first he does not admit...

The truly proud man knows neither superiors nor inferiors. The first he does not admit...

The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is...

The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is...

The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet.

The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet.

Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.

Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.

Learning is the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others, and which...

Learning is the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others, and which...

A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands...

A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands...

A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore...

A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore...