William Hazlitt Quotes


Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.


Citations

Hazlitt, William. "On the Conduct of Life." Literary Remains of the Late William Hazlitt, vol. 2, Saunders and Otley, 1836, p. 89.

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William Hazlitt
William Hazlitt
  • Born: April 10, 1778
  • Died: September 18, 1830
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Essayist

William Hazlitt was an English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher. He is now considered one of the greatest critics and essayists in the history of the English language, placed in the company of Samuel Johnson and George Orwell. He is also acknowledged as the finest art critic of his age. Despite his high standing among historians of literature and art, his work is currently little read and mostly out of print.