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Quotes from Lectures on the English Poets — William Hazlitt

1778–1830 England

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The temple of fame stands upon the grave: the flame that burns upon its altars is kindled from the ashes of dead men.

Lectures on the English Poets (1818)

All that is worth remembering in life, is the poetry of it.

Lectures on the English Poets (1818)

He talked on for ever; and you wished him to talk on for ever.

Lectures on the English Poets (1818)

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.

Lectures on the English Poets (1818)

The characteristic of Chaucer is intensity; of Spenser, remoteness; of Milton, elevation; of Shakespeare, every thing.

Lectures on the English Poets (1818)

The love of fame, as it enters at times into his mind, is only another name for the love of excellence; or it is the ambition to attain the highest excellence, sanctioned by the highest authority — that of time.

Lectures on the English Poets (1818)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William Hazlitt (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.