William Hazlitt1778–1830- The Plain Speaker (1826)
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. 101The way to procure insults is to submit to them. A man meets with no more respect than he exacts.
Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld’s Maxims (1823), No. 402
