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Table Talk: Essays On Men And Manners (1821-1822)

Name: Table Talk: Essays On Men And Manners (1821-1822)
Author: William Hazlitt

A blue paper boat holding a tiny hammer and a brass screw floats in a shallow dish of water. — Original artwork

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

William Hazlitt

An amber lantern glowing beside a pile of pale paper scraps on a dark tray against navy blue. — Original artwork

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

Painterly weathered bronze medallion partly buried in pale sand beside dry twigs. — Original artwork

No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history.

William Hazlitt