Maxioms by William Hazlitt
The public have neither shame nor gratitude.
The public have neither shame nor gratitude.
To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.
To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.
People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they work in it because they read more
People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they work in it because they excel.
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the read more
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they might of been.
One said he wondered that leather was not dearer than any other
thing. Being demanded a reason: because, saith read more
One said he wondered that leather was not dearer than any other
thing. Being demanded a reason: because, saith he, it is more
stood upon than any other thing in the world.
- William Hazlitt,
