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The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right.

The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right.

William Hazlitt
Wisdom, Heart, Judging
William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.137

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.

William Hazlitt
Friendship, Strength, Heart
William Hazlitt, William Ernest Henley (1902). “The Collected Works of William Hazlitt: Memoirs of Thomas Holcroft. Liber amoris. Characteristics”

It is better to desire than to enjoy, to love than to be loved.

William Hazlitt
Heart, Desire, Break
William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1492, Delphi Classics

There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you.

William Hazlitt
Respect, Heart, Pride

We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.

William Hazlitt
Nature, Fall, Heart
William Hazlitt (1839). “Sketches and Essays by W. H. Now first collected [and edited] by his son”, p.249

The pleasure of hating, like a poisonous mineral, eats into the heart of religion, and turns it to ranking spleen and bigotry; it makes patriotism an excuse for carrying fire, pestilence, and famine into other lands: it leaves to virtue nothing but the spirit of censoriousness.

William Hazlitt
Hate, Heart, Land
"The Pope is a Model Politician" by Joe Keohane, www.esquire.com. October 22, 2013.

He who lives wisely to himself and his own heart looks at the busy world through the loopholes of retreat, and does not want to mingle in the fray.

William Hazlitt
Retirement, Heart, World
William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1112, Delphi Classics

Those who have the largest hearts have the soundest understandings; and they are the truest philosophers who can forget themselves.

William Hazlitt
Wisdom, Heart, Understanding

The chain of habit coils itself around the heart like a serpent, to gnaw and stifle it.

William Hazlitt
Heart, Habit, Chains

Within my heart is lurking suspicion, and base fear, and shame and hate; but above all, tyrannous love sits throned, crowned with her graces, silent and in tears.

William Hazlitt
Love, Hate, Heart
William Hazlitt (2006). “Liber Amoris: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.65, ReadHowYouWant.com

The only true retirement is that of the heart; the only true leisure is the repose of the passions. To such persons it makes little difference whether they are young or old; and they die as they have lived, with graceful resignation.

William Hazlitt
Retirement, Passion, Heart
William Hazlitt (1918). “Twenty-two Essays of William Hazlitt”

Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else.

William Hazlitt
Heart, Language, Contempt
William Hazlitt (1845). “Lectures on the English Poets”, p.1

Books wind into the heart.

William Hazlitt
Book, Heart, Wind

Virtue steals, like a guilty thing, into the secret haunts of vice and infamy, clings to their devoted victim, and will not be driven quite away. Nothing can destroy the human heart.

William Hazlitt
Heart, Secret, Vices
William Hazlitt (1871). “The Round Table. A collection of Essays ... By W. H. and Leigh Hunt”, p.518

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.

William Hazlitt
Heart, Thinking, Blue
William Hazlitt (1871). “Table Talk: Essays on Men and Manners”, p.250

Violence ever defeats its own ends. Where you cannot drive you can always persuade. A gentle word, a kind look, a god-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. There is a secret pride in every human heart than revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you.

William Hazlitt
Respect, Heart, Pride

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