The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit… - William Hazlitt

" "
The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never did me the smallest favour.

William Hazlitt

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About William Hazlitt

William Hazlitt (10 April 1778 – 18 September 1830) was an English writer remembered for his humanistic essays and literary criticism. He is sometimes esteemed the greatest English literary critic after Samuel Johnson.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Alternative Names: Wm. Haslett • William Carew Hazlitt

All quotes from William Hazlitt Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like William Hazlitt:

Michel de Montaigne Friedrich Nietzsche Samuel Johnson Ralph Waldo Emerson Arthur Schopenhauer

Additional quotes by William Hazlitt

The slaves of power mind the cause they have to serve, because their own interest is concerned; but the friends of liberty always sacrifice their cause, which is only the cause of humanity, to their own spleen, vanity, and self-opinion.

The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature.

He talked on for ever; and you wished him to talk on for ever.

The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never did me the smallest favour. - William Hazlitt

About William Hazlitt

Also Known As

Try QuoteGPT

Additional quotes by William Hazlitt