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Books wind into the heart.

William Hazlitt

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William Hazlitt
Journalist
Literary Critic
Literary Historian
Painter
Philosopher
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Wm. Haslett
William Carew Hazlitt
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Principle is a passion for truth.
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I am always afraid of a fool. One cannot be sure that he is not a knave as well.
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The art of pleasing consists in being pleased.
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Men will die for an opinion as soon as for anything else.
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