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Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense a substitute for true knowledge.

William Hazlitt

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William Hazlitt
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The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.
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The surest hindrance of success is to have too high a standard of refinement in our own minds, or too high an opinion of the judgment of the public. He who is determined not to be satisfied with anything short of perfection will never do anything to please himself or others.
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Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of no more value than their dress.
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