The love of liberty is the love of others the love of power is the love of ourselves.
Weitere Zitate von William Hazlitt
Zum Autor"The way to procure insults is to submit to them. A man meets with no more respect than he exacts."
"We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts."
"Though familiarity may not breed contempt it takes off the edge of admiration."
"We are fonder of visiting our friends in health than in sickness. We judge less favorably of their characters when any misfortune happens to them and a lucky hit either in business or reputation improves even their personal appearance in our eyes."