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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
Literary Historian
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Philosopher
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Wm. Haslett
William Carew Hazlitt
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We would willingly, and without remorse, sacrifice not only the present moment, but all the interval (no matter how long) that separates us from any favorite object.
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No young man ever thinks he shall die.
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I do not think there is anything deserving the name of society to be found out of London.
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Cowardice is not synonymous with prudence. It often happens that the better part of discretion is valor.
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Women never reason, and therefore they are (comparatively) seldom wrong.
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A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could.
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I hate to be near the sea, and to hear it roaring and raging like a wild beast in its den. It puts me in mind of the everlasting efforts of the human mind, struggling to be free, and ending just where it began.
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The soul of dispatch is decision.
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A woman's vanity is interested in making the object of her choice the god of her idolatry.
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A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death.
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Cant is the voluntary overcharging or prolongation of a real sentiment hypocrisy is the setting up a pretension to a feeling you never had and have no wish for.
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A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it.
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Art must anchor in nature, or it is the sport of every breath of folly.
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Nothing precludes sympathy so much as a perfect indifference to it
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You shall yourself be judge. Reason, with most people, means their own opinion.
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When one can do better than everyone else in the same walk, one does not make any very painful exertions to outdo oneself. The progress of improvement ceases nearly at the point where competition ends.
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The confession of our failings is a thankless office. It savors less of sincerity or modesty than of ostentation. It seems as if we thought our weaknesses as good as other people's virtues.
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Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my way across the room.
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