Rules and models destroy genius and art. ✨ 'Sketches and Essays' (1839…

William Hazlitt
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Rules and models destroy genius and art. ✨ 'Sketches and Essays' (1839) 'On Taste'
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I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me ✨ William Hazlitt (2015). Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated), p.1206, Delphi Classics
The essence of poetry is will and passion. ✨ William Hazlitt (1836). Literary Remains of the Late William Hazlitt: With a Notice of His Life, p.76
Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it. ✨ William Hazlitt (1839). Sketches and Essays, p.298
To create an unfavorable impression, it is not necessary that certain things should be true, but that they have been said. ✨ William Hazlitt (1837). Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's … ▶
If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning, we may study his commentators. ✨ William Hazlitt (1924). Essays

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