Quotes by Hazlitt, William

A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of >>

The definition of genius is that it acts unconsciously; and those who >>

He talked on for ever; and you wished him to talk on for ever. >>

Quotations about Friends and Friendship

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of p >>

Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends >>

If you want to make a dangerous man your friend, let him do you a favo >>

There are persons who cannot make friends. Who are they? Those who cannot be friends. It is not the want of understanding or good nature, of entertaining or useful qualities, that you complain of: on the contrary, they have probably many points of attraction; but they have one that neutralizes all these --they care nothing about you, and are neither the better nor worse for what you think of them. They manifest no joy at your approach; and when you leave them, it is with a feeling that they can do just as well without you. This is not sullenness, nor indifference, nor absence of mind; but they are intent solely on their own thoughts, and you are merely one of the subjects they exercise them upon. They live in society as in a solitude.

Hazlitt, William