William Hazlitt on Mind
Browse 10 quotations attributed to William Hazlitt, catalogued under mind, with dates where available.
This page displays 10 quotations attributed to William Hazlitt and filed under "mind" in QuoteLineage. The selection is ordered by stored importance and quality scores, not citation counts. A topic label describes how an entry is catalogued; it does not establish the theme's importance in the author's work.
Attributed to William Hazlitt, entry #16804: "The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires to be as constantly wound up."
Attributed to William Hazlitt, entry #50664: "To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to theirs; and it is necessary to follow, in order to lead."
10 Quotes by William Hazlitt on Mind
"The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires to be as constantly wound up."
"To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to theirs; and it is necessary to follow, in order to lead."
"Those only deserve a monument who do not need one; that is, who have raised themselves a monument in the minds and memories of men."
"He who comes up to his own idea of greatness, must always have had a very low standard of it in his mind."
"We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it."
"But there is an unseemly exposure of the mind, as well as of the body."
"Anyone must be mainly ignorant or thoughtless, who is surprised at everything he sees; or wonderfully conceited who expects everything to conform to his standard of propriety."
"Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts."
"Give me the clear blue sky over my head, and the green turf beneath my feet, a winding road before me, and a three hours' march to dinner — and then to thinking! … I begin to feel, think, and be myself again. Instead of an awkward silence, broken by attempts at wit or dull common-places, mine is that undisturbed silence of the heart which alone is perfect eloquence."
"Reputation runs in a vicious circle, and Merit limps behind it, mortified and abashed at its own insignificance. It has been said that the test of fame or popularity is to consider the number of times your name is repeated by others … So, if you see the same name staring you in the face in great letters at the corner of every street, you involuntarily think the owner of it must be a great man to occupy so large a space in the eye of the town. The appeal is made, in the first instance, to the senses, but it sinks below the surface into the mind. There are various ways of playing one's-self off before the public, and keeping one's name alive. The newspapers, the lamp-posts, the walls of empty houses, the shutters of windows, the blank covers of magazines and reviews, are open to every one."