William Hazlitt Quotes about Honesty

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Honesty is one part of eloquence. We persuade others by being in earnest ourselves.

Honesty is one part of eloquence. We persuade others by being in earnest ourselves.

William Hazlitt

Honesty, Earnest, Eloquence

William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1484, Delphi Classics

The confession of our failings is a thankless office. It savors less of sincerity or modesty than of ostentation. It seems as if we thought our weaknesses as good as other people's virtues.

William Hazlitt

Honesty, People, Office

"Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld's Maxims". Book by William Hazlitt. No. 43, 1823.