William Hazlitt Quotes

Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.

A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy.

What makes me mad is arrogance, pretension, putting on airs.

People that are conceited of their own merit take pride in being unfortunate, that themselves and others may think them considerable enough to be the envy and the mark of fortune.

Jealous?...Of what? I don't want a foul scar right across my head, thanks. I don't think getting your head cut open makes you that special, myself.

People are often vain of their passions, even of the worst, but envy is a passion so timid and shame-faced that no one ever dare avow her.

The arrogance that accompanies merit offends us even more than the arrogance of people who are lacking in merit: since merit itself offends us.

Pride thinks it's own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others.

Never hate jealous people. They are jealous because they think you are better than them.

Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.

I find it alarming that people are so convinced they're the best at anything - presenting, hairdressing, getting dressed.

When I got successful and people started talking about me, I didn't want anyone thinking I thought I was a 'big time Charlie.'

The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.

We modern egalitarians are tempted to the primal sin of pride in the opposite way from the ancients. The old, aristocratic form of pride was the desire to be better than others. The new, democratic form is the desire not to have anyone better than yourself. It is just as spiritually deadly and does not even carry with it the false pleasure of gloating superiority.

Those that know the least of others think the highest of themselves.

Nature made every fop to plague his brother, Just as one beauty mortifies another.

There is more jealousy between rival wits than rival beauties, for vanity has no sex. But in both cases there must be pretensions, or there will be no jealousy.

Pride never sleeps. The principle at least is always awake. An intemperate man is sometimes sober, but a proud man is never humble.

I feel like people who don't brag are trying to make you jealous by thinking they're hiding something more even exciting.

One does not hate so long as one continues to rate low, but only when one has come to rate equal or higher.

Admiration bestowed upon any one but ourselves is always tedious.

I never can stand seeing people pleased with themselves,” said Joanna. “It arouses all my worst instincts.

What makes us so bitter against people who outwit us is that they think themselves cleverer than we are.

Maybe's he's just jealous I have hair.

He's only mediocre, jealousy can't get with me.