William Hazlitt Quotes about Truth

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An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.

An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.

William Hazlitt

Truth, Men, Order

William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.139

One truth discovered is immortal, and entitles its author to be so; for, like a new substance in nature, it cannot be destroyed.

William Hazlitt

Truth, Substance, Immortal

William Hazlitt (1848). “The Miscellaneous Works”, p.16

One truth discovered, one pang of regret at not being able to express it, is better than all the fluency and flippancy in the world.

William Hazlitt

Truth, Regret, World

William Hazlitt, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd, Charles Lamb (1836). “Literary Remains of the Late William Hazlitt: With Notice of His Life”, p.284