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.William Hazlitt
No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history.William Hazlitt
None are completely wretched but those who are without hope, and few are reduced so low as that.William Hazlitt
One truth discovered, one pang of regret at not being able to express it, is better than all the fluency and flippancy in the world.William Hazlitt
Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it.William Hazlitt
The humblest painter is a true scholar and the best of scholars the scholar of nature.William Hazlitt
The same reason makes a man a religious enthusiast that makes a man an enthusiast in any other way ... an uncomfortable mind in an uncomfortable body.William Hazlitt
The seat of knowledge is in the head of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right.William Hazlitt
The truly proud man is satisfied with his own good opinion, and does not seek to make converts to it.William Hazlitt
The way to procure insults is to submit to them. A man meets with no more respect than he exacts.William Hazlitt
