William Hazlitt Quotes about Language

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We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it. This is the reason why it is so difficult for any but natives to speak a language correctly or idiomatically.

We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it. This is the reason why it is so difficult for any but natives to speak a language correctly or idiomatically.

William Hazlitt

Thinking, Reason Why, Language

William Hazlitt (1852). “Men and manners: sketches and essays”, p.97

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