William Hazlitt Quotes
Like a rustic at a fair, we are full of amazement and rapture, and have no thought of going home, or that it will soon be night.
Hazlitt, William. "The Feeling of Immortality in Youth." The Monthly Magazine, vol. 3, 1827, p. 269.
The notorious Apache Chief Geronimo was a Federal prisoner, and the President had him transported to Washington to ride in his inaugural parade. TR was a publicist and a showman of the first order. Many people see him as the first President who used modern public relations and media techniques in the White House. Arguably, he has been the best President at this technique though Ronald Reagan was also superb.
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.
