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A man's reputation is not in his own keeping, but lies at the mercy of the profligacy of others. Calumny requires no proof.

William Hazlitt

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William Hazlitt
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Wm. Haslett
William Carew Hazlitt
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The origin of all science is the desire to know causes, and the origin of all false science is the desire to accept false causes rather than none or, which is the same thing, in the unwillingness to acknowledge our own ignorance.
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When the imagination is continually led to the brink of vice by a system of terror and denunciations, people fling themselves over the precipice from the mere dread of falling.
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People do not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but to maintain an opinion for the sake of talking.
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Perhaps the best cure for the fear of death is to reflect that life has a beginning as well as an end. There was a time when we were not: this gives us no concern. Why, then, should it trouble us that a time will come when we shall cease to be?
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A great mind is one that can forget or look beyond itself.
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Those only deserve a monument who do not need one that is, who have raised themselves a monument in the minds and memories of men.
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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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A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.
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