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The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard.

William Hazlitt

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William Hazlitt
Journalist
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Wm. Haslett
William Carew Hazlitt
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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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The garb of religion is the best cloak for power.
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Dandyism is a variety of genius.
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The imagination is of so delicate a texture that even words wound it.
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The title of Ultracrepidarian critics has been given to those persons who find fault with small and insignificant details.
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Wrong dressed out in pride, pomp, and circumstance has more attraction than abstract right.
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The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors.
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Corporate bodies are more corrupt and profligate than individuals, because they have more power to do mischief, and are less amenable to disgrace or punishment. They feel neither shame, remorse, gratitude, nor goodwill.
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We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation.
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Painters... are the most lively observers of what passes in the world about them, and the closest observers of what passes in their own minds.
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No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.
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The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less wise, neither better nor worse than your neighbours.
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A situation in a public office is secure, but laborious and mechanical, and without the great springs of life, hope and fear.
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