Characteristics Quotes

“We are never so much disposed to quarrel with others as when we are dissatisfied with ourselves.”
― William Hazlitt, Characteristics: In the Manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims

“I'm not smart, but I like to observe.
Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why,”
― William Hazlitt, Characteristics: In the Manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims

“The best kind of conversation is that which may be called thinking aloud.”
― William Hazlitt, Characteristics: In the Manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims

“The way to procure insults is to submit to them. A man meets with no more respect than he exacts.”
― William Hazlitt, Characteristics: In the Manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims

“Our friends are generally ready to do everything for us, except the very thing we wish them to do.”
― William Hazlitt, Characteristics: In the Manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims

“The true barbarian is he who thinks every thing barbarous but his own tastes and prejudices.”
― William Hazlitt, Characteristics: In the Manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims

“We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.”
― William Hazlitt, Characteristics: In the Manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims