The way to procure insults is to submit to them a man meets with no more respect than he exacts.
Quote, saying and phrase by: William Hazlitt
There is nothing more likely to drive a …
There is nothing more likely to drive a person mad than…an obstinate, constitutional preference of the true to the agreeable.
Quote, saying and phrase by: William Hazlitt
Those who can command themselves command…
Those who can command themselves command others.
Quote, saying and phrase by: William Hazlitt
To be capable of steady friendship or la…
To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.
Quote, saying and phrase by: William Hazlitt
To think ill of mankind, and not to wish…
To think ill of mankind, and not to wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue.
Quote, saying and phrase by: William Hazlitt
We often choose a friend as we do a mist…
We often choose a friend as we do a mistress — for no particular excellence in themselves, but merely from some circumstance that flatters our self-love.
Quote, saying and phrase by: William Hazlitt
When a thing ceases to be a subject of c…
When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.
Quote, saying and phrase by: William Hazlitt
Without the aid of prejudice and custom …
Without the aid of prejudice and custom I should not be able to find my way across the room.
Quote, saying and phrase by: William Hazlitt