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The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.

William Hazlitt

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William Hazlitt
Journalist
Literary Critic
Literary Historian
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Philosopher
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Wm. Haslett
William Carew Hazlitt
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Entrepreneur
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We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their defects.
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