Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love. – William Hazlitt
The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature. – William Hazlitt

Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love. – William Hazlitt
The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature. – William Hazlitt
Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other peoples weaknesses. – William Hazlitt
Mankind are an incorrigible race. Give them but bugbears and idols — it is all that they ask; the distinctions of right and wrong, of truth and falsehood, of good and evil, are worse than indifferent to them. – William Hazlitt