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A man in love prefers his passion to every other consideration, and is fonder of his mistress than he is of virtue. Should she prove vicious, she makes vice lovely in his eyes.

William Hazlitt

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William Hazlitt
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Wm. Haslett
William Carew Hazlitt
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