Our notions with respect to the importance of life, and our attachment to it, depend on a principle which has very little to do with its happiness or its misery. The love of life is, in general, the effect not of our enjoyments, but of our passions.


The Round Table Vol. 1 (ed. 1817)

William Hazlitt Quotes

Our notions with respect to the importance of life, and our attachment to it, depend on a principle which has very little to do with its happiness or ...

Our notions with respect to the importance of life, and our attachment to it, depend on a principle which has very little to do with its happiness or ...

Our notions with respect to the importance of life, and our attachment to it, depend on a principle which has very little to do with its happiness or ...

Our notions with respect to the importance of life, and our attachment to it, depend on a principle which has very little to do with its happiness or ...