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It is better to be able neither to read nor write than to be able to do nothing else.

William Hazlitt

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William Hazlitt
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Wm. Haslett
William Carew Hazlitt
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Horus non numero nisi serenas (I count only the sunny hours).
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Pride erects a little kingdom of its own, and acts as sovereign in it.
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Love and joy are twins or born of each other.
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Popularity is neither fame nor greatness.
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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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Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly, cold, comfortless, and distasteful. The stomach turns against them.
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One truth discovered, one pang of regret at not being able to express it, is better than all the fluency and flippancy in the world.
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To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.
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Sincerity has to do with the connexion between our words and thoughts, and not between our beliefs and actions.
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We go on a journey to be free of all impediments to leave ourselves behind much more than to get rid of others
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We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it. This is the reason why it is so difficult for any but natives to speak a language correctly or idiomatically.
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A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death. It not only gives us fortitude to bear pain, but teaches us at every step the precarious tenure on which we hold our present being.
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