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No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history.

William Hazlitt

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William Hazlitt
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Wm. Haslett
William Carew Hazlitt
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A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.
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Our contempt for others proves nothing but the illiberality and narrowness of our own views.
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Vice, like disease, floats in the atmosphere.
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There is evil poured upon the earth from the overflowings of corruption-- Sickness, and poverty, and pain, and guilt, and madness, and sorrow But, as the water from a fountain riseth and sinketh to its level, Ceaselessly toileth justice to equalize the lots of men.
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Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars. So are disgrace, defeat, exposure to immediate scorn and laughter. There is no opportunity in such cases for self-delusion, no idling time away, no being off your guard (or you must take the consequences) - neither is there any room for humour or caprice or prejudice.
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A really great man has always an idea of something greater than himself.
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By retaliating our sufferings on the heads of those we love, we get rid of a present uneasiness and incur lasting remorse. With the accomplishment of our revenge our fondness returns so that we feel the injury we have done them, even more than they do.
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Sincerity has to do with the connexion between our words and thoughts, and not between our beliefs and actions.
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The expression of a gentleman's face is not so much that of refinement, as of flexibility, not of sensibility and enthusiasm as of indifference it argues presence of mind rather than enlargement of ideas.
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We are never so much disposed to quarrel with others as when we are dissatisfied with ourselves.
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The diffusion of taste is not the same thing as the improvement of taste.
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We are thankful for good-will rather than for services, for the motive than the quantum of favor received.
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To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.
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I like a person who knows his own mind and sticks to it who sees at once what is to be done in given circumstances and does it. He does not beat about the bush for difficulties or excuses, but goes the shortest and most effectual way to work to attain his own ends, or to accomplish a useful object.
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To-day kings, to-marrow beggars, it is only when they are themselves that they are nothing.
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They [corporations] feel neither shame, remorse, gratitude, nor goodwill.
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