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Truth from the mouth of an honest man and severity from a good-natured man have a double effect.

William Hazlitt

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William Hazlitt
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Wm. Haslett
William Carew Hazlitt
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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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The greatest grossness sometimes accompanies the greatest refinement, as a natural relief.
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Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part.
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We learn to curb our will and keep our overt actions within the bounds of humanity, long before we can subdue our sentiments and imaginations to the same mild tone.
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Vulgar prejudices are those which arise out of accident, ignorance, or authority natural prejudices are those which arise out of the constitution of the human mind itself.
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I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about.
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Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense a substitute for true knowledge. Books are less often made use of as spectacles to look at nature with, than as blinds to keep out its strong light and shifting scenery from weak eyes and indolent dispositions. The learned are mere literary drudges.
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As is our confidence, so is our capacity.
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We do not attend to the advice of the sage and experienced because we think they are old, forgetting that they once were young and placed in the same situations as ourselves.
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The public have neither shame or gratitude.
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If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you.
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Women never reason, and therefore they are (comparatively) seldom wrong.
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A lively blockhead in company is a public benefit. Silence or dulness by the side of folly looks like wisdom.
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No truly great person ever thought themselves so.
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We prefer ourselves to others, only because we a have more intimate consciousness and confirmed opinion of our own claims and merits than of any other person's.
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Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my way across the room.
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A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.
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