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Political truth is libel religious truth, blasphemy.

William Hazlitt

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William Hazlitt
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Wm. Haslett
William Carew Hazlitt
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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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The same reason makes a man a religious enthusiast that makes a man an enthusiast in any other way ... an uncomfortable mind in an uncomfortable body.
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I am then never less alone than when alone
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All is without form and void. Someone said of his landscapes that they were pictures of nothing and very like.
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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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The most rational cure after all for the inordinate fear of death is to set a just value on life.
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Within my heart is lurking suspicion, and base fear, and shame and hate but above all, tyrannous love sits throned, crowned with her graces, silent and in tears.
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Persons who undertake to pry into, or cleanse out all the filth of a common sewer, either cannot have very nice noses, or will soon lose them.
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The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of ourselves by the same test: for it is on that on which our success in life depends.
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Avarice is the miser's dream, as fame is the poet's.
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To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.
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None but those who are happy in themselves can make others so.
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Let a man's talents or virtues be what they may, he will only feel satisfaction in his society as he is satisfied in himself.
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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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One of the pleasantest things in the world is going on a journey but I like to go by myself.
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The garb of religion is the best cloak for power.
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Dandyism is a species of genius.
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That which is not, shall never be that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident.
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We are not hypocrites in our sleep.
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We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.
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