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Dandyism is a species of genius.
William Hazlitt
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Wm. Haslett
William Carew Hazlitt
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Our opinions are not our own, but in the power of sympathy. If a person tells us a palpable falsehood, we not only dare not contradict him, but we dare hardly disbelieve him to his face. A lie boldly uttered has the effect of truth for the instant.
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Or have I passed my time in pouring words like water into empty sieves, rolling a stone up a hill and then down again, trying to prove an argument in the teeth of facts, and looking for causes in the dark, and not finding them?
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The Princess Borghese, Bonaparte's sister, who was no saint, sat to Canova as a reclining Venus, and being asked if she did not feel a little uncomfortable, replied, No. There was a fire in the room.
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When I am in the country, I wish to vegetate like the country.
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We are never so much disposed to quarrel with others as when we are dissatisfied with ourselves.
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People addicted to secrecy are so without knowing why they are not so for cause, but for secrecy's sake.
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