'The first impression...' (Pahla Prabhaav) By 'William Hazelitt'



William Hazelitt

"The first impressions are often the most truest.
A man's look is the work of years; it is stamped on his countenance by the events of his whole life, nay, more by the hand of nature, and it is not to be got rid of easily."

William Hazlitt (1778–1830), British essayist. "On the Knowledge of Character," vol. 2, Table Talk (1822).

Translation in Hindi~

"Pahla prabhaav aksar sabse sachcha hota hai... Koi kaisa lagta hai, ye barson ki sadhna ka parinaam hota hai. Uske chehre par jivan ke prasango ki chhaap hoti hai."


This hindi translation is not by me. I read it somewhere.