To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to theirs; and it is necessary to follow, in order to lead

Quote by William Hazlitt

Topics: Thinking Quotes

There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we...

There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we...

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

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

We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.

We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.

Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.

Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would...

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would...

The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less...

The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less...

I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about.

I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about.

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite.

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite.

Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating.

Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

I like a friend better for having faults that one can talk about

I like a friend better for having faults that one can talk about

Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire...

Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire...

If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If...

If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If...

There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they...

There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they...

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would...

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would...

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from...

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from...

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...

We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation.

We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation.