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The ignorance of the world leaves one at the mercy of its malice.

William Hazlitt

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William Hazlitt
Journalist
Literary Critic
Literary Historian
Painter
Philosopher
Writer
Wm. Haslett
William Carew Hazlitt
Ignorance
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World
Malice
Wickedness
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Mercy

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