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 A mere scholar, who knows nothing but books must be
ignorant even of them.
| William Hazlitt | 
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A person who does not tell lies, will not to believe that
others tell them. From old habit, he can not break the
connection between words and things. | William Hazlitt |
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All that is worth remembering of life is the poetry of it. | William Hazlitt |
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Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts. | William Hazlitt |
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If mankind had wished for what is right, they might have
had it long ago. | William Hazlitt |
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If we wish to know the force of human genius, we
should read Shakespeare, if we wish to see the
insignificance of human learning, we must study his
commentators. | William Hazlitt |
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Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is
the only animal that is struck with the difference
between what things are, and what they ought to be. | William Hazlitt |
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Men of talent are men for occasions. | William Hazlitt |
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Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a confession
of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues
himself is justly undervalued by others. | William Hazlitt |
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Prejudice is the child of ignorance. | William Hazlitt |
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Principle is a passion for truth. | William Hazlitt |
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Silence is one great art of conversation. | William Hazlitt |
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Simplicity of character is the natural result of profound
thought. | William Hazlitt |
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The fear of punishment may be necessary to
suppression of vice, but it also suspends the finer
motives to virtue. | William Hazlitt |
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The greatest offence against virtue is to speak ill of it. | William Hazlitt |
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