More quotes by William Hazlitt

"the old maxim... "there are three things necessary to success in life--Impudence! Impudence! Impudence!"
"The path of genius is free, and its own"
"The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors."
"Rules and models destroy genius and art."
"Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted."