Quotes by Leigh Hunt

About Leigh Hunt:

James Henry Leigh Hunt was an English critic, essayist, poet, and writer.
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Your second-hand bookseller is second to none in the worth of the treasures he dispenses.

Leigh Hunt

It is books that teach us to refine our pleasures when young, and to recall them with satisfaction when we are old.

Leigh Hunt

Those who have lost an infant are never, in a way, without an infant.

Leigh Hunt

The person who can be only serious or only cheerful, is but half a man.

Leigh Hunt

Sympathizing and selfish people are alike, both given to tears.

Leigh Hunt

If you ever have to support a flagging conversation, introduce the topic of eating.

Leigh Hunt

The only place a new hat can be carried into with safety is a church, for there is plenty of room there.

Leigh Hunt

I entrench myself in books equally against sorrow and the weather.

Leigh Hunt

Fail not to call to mind, in the course of the twenty-fifth of this month, that the Divinest Heart that ever walked the earth was born on that day; and then smile and enjoy yourselves for the rest of it; for mirth is also of Heaven's making.

Leigh Hunt

Traveling in the company of those we love is home in motion.

Leigh Hunt

Mere grimness is as easy as grinning; but it requires something to put a handsome face on a story. Narratives become of suspicious merit in proportion as they lean to Newgate-like offenses, particularly of blood and wounds...

Leigh Hunt

If you are ever at a loss to support a flagging conversation, introduce the subject of eating.

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The groundwork of all happiness is health.

Leigh Hunt

Great woman belong to history and to self sacrifice.

Leigh Hunt

The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing.

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Stolen kisses are always sweetest.

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There are two worlds: the world we can measure with line and rule, and the world that we feel with our hearts and imagination.

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Colors are the smiles of nature.

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Author Bio

  • NameLeigh Hunt
  • DescriptionEnglish critic, essayist, poet and writer
  • AliasesJames Henry Leigh Hunt
  • BornOctober 19, 1784
  • DiedAugust 28, 1859
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionJournalist; Poet; Author; Autobiographer