William HazlittA collection of 53 posts

Respect

There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may or...

Respect

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives but has no respect for himself. He ...

Religion

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

Power

The incentive to ambition is the love of power.

Power

The love of liberty is the love of others the love of power is the love of ourse...

Poetry

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

Peace

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

Nature

Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. H...

Nature

The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature.

Nature

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