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William Hazlitt
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Believe all the good you can of everyone. Do not measure others by yourself. If they have advantages which you have not, let your liberality keep pace with their good fortune. Envy no one, and you need envy no one.
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Men are in numberless instances qualified for certain things, for no other reason than because they are qualified for nothing else.
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As is our confidence, so is our capacity.
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