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· <blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/3309/">Quotes by <em>Hazlitt, William</em></a></blockquote><br> From <a href="http://quotationsbook.com">Quotations Book</a> ·

William Hazlitt (10 April 1778 - 18 September 1830) was an English writer remembered for his humanistic essays and literary criticism, often esteemed the greatest English literary critic after Samuel Johnson. Indeed, Hazlitt's writings and remarks on Shakespeare's plays and characters are rivaled only by those of Johnson in their depth, insight, originality, and imagination. · Can we improve this biography? Write us your version

"Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it."

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"To be happy, we must be true to nature, and carry our age along with us."

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"The worst old age is that of the mind."

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"Life is the art of being well deceived."

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"Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering the weaknesses of others."

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"Reflection makes men cowards."

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"A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means."

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"It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born and bred a Dissenter."

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"Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves will, in general, become of no more value than their dress."

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"Anyone who has passed through the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not made a fool by it, may consider himself as having had a very narrow escape."

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