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| Quotations by William Hazlitt |
 Obstinate silence - Obstinate silence implies either a mean opinion of ourselves, or a contempt for our company; and it is the more provoking, as others do not know to which of these causes to attribute it - whether humility or pride.Let a man's talents or virtues be - Let a man's talents or virtues be what they may, we feel satisfaction in his society only as he is satisfied in himself. We cannot enjoy the good qualities of a friend if he seems to be none the better for them. Disposed to quarrel with others - We are never so much disposed to quarrel with others as when we are dissatisfied with ourselves. The way to make ourselves agreeable to others - The best way to make ourselves agreeable to others is by seeming to think them so. If we appear fully sensible of their good qualities they will not complain of the want of them in us. There is no one without fault - It is well that there is no one without a fault, for he would not have a friend in the world: he would seem to belong to a different species. Many who talk on from ignorance - There are many who talk on from ignorance rather than from knowledge, and who find the former an inexhaustible fund of conversation. Women are seldom wrong - Women never reason and therefore they are, comparatively, seldom wrong. They judge instinctively of what falls under their immediate observation or experience, and do not trouble themselves about remote or doubtful consequences. If they make no profound discoveries, they do not involve themselves in gross absurdities. It is only by the help of reason and logical inference, according to Hobbes, that "man becomes excellently wise or excellently foolish." Vulgar versus natural prejudices - Vulgar prejudices are those which arise out of accident, ignorance, or authority; natural prejudices are those which arise out of the constitution of the human mind itself. |
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