Hazlitt

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:

    Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a real confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.
    —William Hazlitt (1778–1830)

    I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about.
    —William Hazlitt (1778–1830)

    His thoughts did not seem to come with labour and effort; but as if borne on gusts of genius, and as if the wings of his imagination lifted him off from his feet.... His mind was clothed with wings; and raised on them, he lifted philosophy to heaven.
    —William Hazlitt (1778–1830)