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William Hazlitt1778–1830

William Hazlitt on happiness

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure much.

William Hazlitt

“Common Places,” No. 1, The Literary Examiner (September—December 1823), reprinted in The Collected Works of William Hazlitt (1902-1904)

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