Quotes by Hazlitt, William

The public have neither shame or gratitude. >>

The thing is plain. All that men really understand, is confined to a v >>

There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have >>

Quotations about Ridicule

No God and no religion can survive ridicule. No political church, no n >>

Oh that wisdom was half as zealous for converts as ridicule. >>

Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only worthy >>

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

Hazlitt, William