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Reflection makes men cowards.

William Hazlitt

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William Hazlitt
Journalist
Literary Critic
Literary Historian
Painter
Philosopher
Writer
Wm. Haslett
William Carew Hazlitt
Reflection
Makes
Men
Cowards
Coward

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