William Hazlitt Quotes
We often forget our dreams so speedily: if we cannot catch them as they are passing out at the door, we never set eyes on them again.
Citations
Hazlitt, William. The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things. Vol. 1, Henry Colburn, 1826.
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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.