William Hazlitt Quotes
No really great man ever thought himself so.
Hazlitt, William. "Whether Genius is Conscious of Its Powers?" The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things, vol. 1, London, Henry Colburn, 1826, p. 273.
The prime minister was advised to be more humble in her dealings with other statesmen. She had also told Moshe Dayan that he was not great enough to be humble.
William Hazlitt was an English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher. He is now considered one of the greatest critics and essayists in the history of the English language, placed in the company of Samuel Johnson and George Orwell. He is also acknowledged as the finest art critic of his age. Despite his high standing among historians of literature and art, his work is currently little read and mostly out of print.
