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We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

William Hazlitt

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William Hazlitt
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Wm. Haslett
William Carew Hazlitt
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Without life there can be no action — no objects of pursuit — no restless desires — no tormenting passions. Hence it is that we fondly cling to it — that we dread its termination as the close, not of enjoyment, but of hope.
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