Quote by William Hazlitt
The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet.

The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet. – William Hazlitt

Other quotes by William Hazlitt

Comedy naturally wears itself out — destroys the very food on which it lives; and by constantly and successfully exposing the follies and weaknesses of mankind to ridicule, in the end leaves itself nothing worth laughing at. – William Hazlitt

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People dont choose their careers; they are engulfed by them. – John Dos Passos

The life-fate of the modern individual depends not only upon the family into which he was born or which he enters by marriage, but increasingly upon the corporation in which he spends the most alert hours of his best years. – C. Wright Mills

Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didnt, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence. – Honore de Balzac

The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an immediate knowledge of its ugly side. – James Baldwin

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Keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final. – Roger Babson

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Id had people say, Youll enjoy being famous for a week, and youll never enjoy it again. But I dont think I had that week. I may have been working and missed that moment. – Matt Damon

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Parenting is the most important job on the planet next to keeping Gary Busey off the nations highways. – Dennis Miller

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What has been will be again. What has been done will be done again… Ecclesiastes 1:9 – Bible

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