William Hazlitt1778–1830- Lectures on the English Comic Writers (1819)
- Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld’s Maxims (1823), No. 89
Grace has been defined the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.
The Round Table (1815-1817), “On Manner”The true barbarian is he who thinks every thing barbarous but his own tastes and prejudices.
Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld’s Maxims (1823), No. 333- The Plain Speaker (1826)
- “Thoughts on Taste”, Edinburgh Magazine (July 1819), final paragraph
- Men and Manners: Sketches and Essays (1852), “On Prejudice”
- The Round Table (1815-1817), “On Manner”
- The Plain Speaker (1826)
- The Plain Speaker (1826)
- Lectures on the English Comic Writers (1819)
- Lectures on the English Poets (1818), Lecture I, “On Poetry in General”
One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect.
Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld’s Maxims (1823), No. 162Man is a make-believe animal — he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part.
Notes of a Journey through France and Italy (1824), ch. XVICunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people’s weaknesses.
Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld’s Maxims (1823), No. 101
