More From William Hazlitt
- "There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love."
- "You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world."
- "A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles."
More In History
- "Perhaps the most important lesson of the New Social Historians is that history belongs to those about whom or whose documents survive."― Bruce Jackson
- "Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee."― Tacitus
- "I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president – with the possible exceptions of Johnson, FDR, and Lincoln – just in terms of what we’ve gotten done in modern history. But, you know, but when it comes to the economy, we’ve got a lot more work to do. And we’re gonna keep on at it."― Barack Obama