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The worst old age is that of the mind.

William Hazlitt

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William Hazlitt
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Wm. Haslett
William Carew Hazlitt
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A King (as such) is not a great man. He has great power, but it is not his own.
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The most rational cure after all for the inordinate fear of death is to set a just value on life.
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We uniformly applaud what is right and condemn what is wrong, when it costs us nothing but the sentiment.
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Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to all their wants and wishes, a delight in their satisfaction, and a confidence in yourself as being able to contribute toward it
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A knave thinks himself a fool, all the time he is not making a fool of some other person.
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A gentleman is one who understands and shows every mark of deference to the claims of self-love in others, and exacts it in return from them.
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There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion.
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The soil of friendship is worn out with constant use. Habit may still attach us to each other, but we feel ourselves fettered by it. Old friends might be compared to old married people without the tie of children.
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A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.
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The look of a gentleman is little else than the reflection of the looks of the world.
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You will hear more good things on the outside of a stagecoach from London to Oxford than if you were to pass a twelvemonth with the undergraduates, or heads of colleges, of that famous university.
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Our notions with respect to the importance of life, and our attachment to it, depend on a principle which has very little to do with its happiness or its misery. The love of life is, in general, the effect not of our enjoyments, but of our passions.
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We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation.
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A thought must tell at once, or not at all.
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A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage.
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