Quotations From WILLIAM HAZLITT

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• 61.

  Defoe says that there were a hundred thousand country fellows in his time ready to fight to the death against popery, without knowing whether popery was a man or a horse.

  William Hazlitt (1778-1830), British essayist. "On Prejudice," Sketches and Essays (1839).
  
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• 62.

  We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their defects.

  William Hazlitt (1778-1830), British essayist. "On the Pleasure of Hating," The Plain Speaker (1826).
• 63.

  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.

  William Hazlitt (1778-1830), British essayist. "On the Pleasure of Hating," The Plain Speaker (1826).
  
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• 64.

  The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars—the scholar of nature.

  William Hazlitt (1778-1830), British essayist. "On the Pleasure of Painting," vol. 1, Table Talk (1821).
  
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• 65.

  The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.

  William Hazlitt (1778-1830), British essayist. Political Essays, "The Times Newspaper," (1819).
  
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• 66.

  A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we do not believe in it, it still haunts our apprehensions.

  William Hazlitt (1778-1830), British essayist. Sketches and Essays, "On Nicknames," (1839).
  
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• 67.

  The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness than the destruction of millions of our fellow-beings.

  William Hazlitt (1778-1830), British essayist. repr. In Complete Works, vol. 16, ed. P.P. Howe (1932). "American Literature—Dr. Channing," Edinburgh Review (Oct. 1829).
  
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• 68.

  When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.

  William Hazlitt (1778-1830), British essayist. Complete Works, vol. 20, ed. by P.P. Howe (1932). The Spirit of Controversy, The Atlas (Jan. 31, 1830).
• 69.

  If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.

  William Hazlitt (1778-1830), British essayist. repr. in Collected Works, vol. 2, eds. A.R. Waller and Arnold Glover (1902). Characteristics: In the Manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims, no. 302 (1823).
  
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• 70.

  There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they will not let you have it.

  William Hazlitt (1778-1830), British essayist. The Round Table, "Observations on Wordsworth's Excursion," (1819).