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The more we do, the more we can do the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.

William Hazlitt

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William Hazlitt
Journalist
Literary Critic
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Wm. Haslett
William Carew Hazlitt
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One of the pleasantest things in the world is going on a journey but I like to go by myself.
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Pride is founded not on the sense of happiness, but on the sense of power.
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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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Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.
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Silence is one great art of conversation.
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It is not the passion of a mind struggling with misfortune, or the hopelessness of its desires, but of a mind preying on itself, and disgusted with, or indifferent to all other things.
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Abuse is an indirect species of homage.
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Most of the methods for measuring the lapse of time have, I believe, been the contrivance of monks and religious recluses, who, finding time hang heavy on their hands, were at some pains to see how they got rid of it.
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I can enjoy society in a room but out of doors, nature is company enough for me
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In public speaking, we must appeal either to the prejudices of others, or to the love of truth and justice. If we think merely of displaying our own ability, we shall ruin every cause we undertake.
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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 greatest reverses of fortune are the most easily borne from a sort of dignity belonging to them.
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Natural affection is a prejudice for though we have cause to love our nearest connections better than others, we have no reason to think them better than others.
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No act terminating in itself constitutes greatness.
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Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.
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The difference between the vanity of a Frenchman and an Englishman seems to be this: the one thinks everything right that is French, the other thinks everything wrong that is not English.
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