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Fiction is the truth inside the lie.

Stephen King


Quotations of selected author

William Hazlitt

1778-1830. English writer and critic.


1. "Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food."

Categories: Wit and Humor


2. "We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts."

Categories: Nature and Animals


3. "The most learned are often the most narrow-minded men."

Categories: Knowledge, Ignorance


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

Categories: Freedom and Servitude -:- Egoism


5. "The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure much."

Categories: Joy and Sadness -:- Life and Death


6. "Prejudice is the child of ignorance."

Categories: Manners and Ethics -:- Knowledge, Ignorance


7. "No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history."

Categories: History and Nations -:- Talent and Genius


8. "If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory."

Categories: Success and Fame


9. "He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies."

Categories: Friendship and Hostility


10. "Death is the greatest evil, because it cuts off hope."

Categories: Life and Death -:- Optimism and Hope


11. "A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man."

Categories: Good and Evil