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Grace in women has more effect than beauty.

William Hazlitt

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William Hazlitt
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Wm. Haslett
William Carew Hazlitt
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A man who does not endeavour to seem more than he is will generally be thought nothing of. We habitually make such large deductions for pretence and imposture that no real merit will stand against them. It is necessary to set off our good qualities with a certain air of plausibility and self-importance, as some attention to fashion is necessary.
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