William Hazlitt Quote

There are some persons who never succeed from being too indolent to undertake anything; and others who regularly fail, because the instant they find success in their power, they grow indifferent, and give over the attempt.


Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt]. (ed. 1837)


There are some persons who never succeed from being too indolent to undertake anything; and others who regularly fail, because the instant they find...

There are some persons who never succeed from being too indolent to undertake anything; and others who regularly fail, because the instant they find...

There are some persons who never succeed from being too indolent to undertake anything; and others who regularly fail, because the instant they find...

There are some persons who never succeed from being too indolent to undertake anything; and others who regularly fail, because the instant they find...