Men quotes by William Hazlitt

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"To think ill of mankind, and not to wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue."
"No really great man ever thought himself so."
"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 ought to be."
"Those who can command themselves command others."
"If we wish to know the force of human genius we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning we may study his commentators."
"First impressions are often the truest, as we find (not infrequently) to our cost, when we have been wheedled out of them by plausible professions or studied actions. A man's look is the work of years; it is stamped on his countenance by the events of his whole life, nay, more, by the hand of nature, and it is not to be got rid of easily."
"Man is a make-believe animal - he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."