There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we profess to entertain for our friends. It is little better than a piece of quackery. The truth is, we think of them as we please — that is as they please or displease us.


No. 60. - Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld's Maxims (1823)

William Hazlitt Quotes

There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we profess to entertain for our friends. It is little better than a piece...

There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we profess to entertain for our friends. It is little better than a piece...

There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we profess to entertain for our friends. It is little better than a piece...

There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we profess to entertain for our friends. It is little better than a piece...