Hazlitt may refer to:
- Hazlitt Theatre, one of the main theatres in Maidstone, Kent
- Seth Hazlitt, a fictional character
- Hazlitt (Classical Gazetteer), a short descriptive geographical dictionary by William Hazlitt written in 1851
- Hazlitt's, a hotel in Soho, London
People named Hazlitt:
- Frederick Hazlitt Brennan (1901-1962), American screenwriter
- Gerry Hazlitt (1888-1915), Australian cricketer
- Henry Hazlitt (1894-1993), libertarian philosopher, economics writer, and journalist
- John Hazlitt (1767-1837), English artist
- William Hazlitt (Unitarian minister) (1737-1820), Unitarian minister and author
- William Hazlitt (1778-1830), English literary critic and essayist
- William Hazlitt (registrar) (1811-1893), English writer, translator, and registrar
- William Carew Hazlitt (1834-1913), English bibliographer, editor, writer, and lawyer
Famous quotes containing the word hazlitt:
“The slaves of power mind the cause they have to serve, because their own interest is concerned; but the friends of liberty always sacrifice their cause, which is only the cause of humanity, to their own spleen, vanity, and self-opinion.”
—William Hazlitt (1778–1830)
“Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else.”
—William Hazlitt (1778–1830)
“Humour is the describing the ludicrous as it is in itself; wit is the exposing it, by comparing or contrasting it with something else. Humour is, as it were, the growth of nature and accident; wit is the product of art and fancy.”
—William Hazlitt (1778–1830)