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William Hazlitt Quotes about Virtue

To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue.

To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue.

William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.89

To a superior race of being the pretensions of mankind to extraordinary sanctity and virtue must seem... ridiculous.

William Hazlitt (1871). “The Round Table. A collection of Essays ... By W. H. and Leigh Hunt”, p.486

The greatest offence against virtue is to speak ill of it.

'Sketches and Essays' (1839) 'On Cant and Hypocrisy'

Vice is man's nature: virtue is a habit--or a mask.

William Hazlitt (1871). “The Round Table. A collection of Essays ... By W. H. and Leigh Hunt”, p.527