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Hazlitt, William

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From: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
Date: 20030101
Author:ELIZABETH KNOWLES

Hazlitt, William 1778–1830
1. His sayings are generally like women's letters; all the pith is in the postscript.
of Charles Lamb Conversations of James Northcote (1826–7)


2. He talked on for ever; and you wished him to talk on for ever.
of Coleridge Lectures on the English Poets (1818) "On the Living Poets"


3. There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they will not let you have it. The Round Table (1817) "Observations on Mr Wordsworth's Poem The Excursion "


4. We can scarcely hate any one that we know. Table Talk vol. 2 (1822) "On Criticism"


5. Well, I've ...

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