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The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of ourselves by the same test: for it is on that on which our success in life depends. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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A public expectation, it has to be said, not of poetry as such but of political positions variously approvable by mutually disapproving groups. ↗

— Seamus Heaney

#expectation #groups #mutually #poetry #political

Whether it be a matter of personal relations within a marriage or political initiatives within a peace process, there is no sure-fire do-it-yourself kit. ↗

— Seamus Heaney

#initiatives #kit #marriage #matter #peace

A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

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Universal suffrage should rest upon universal education. To this end, liberal and permanent provision should be made for the support of free schools by the State governments, and, if need be, supplemented by legitimate aid from national authority. ↗

— Rutherford B. Hayes

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I'm really proud of myself because I've pared my beauty regimen down to a cream blush and berry-tinted lip balm, which has saved me so much time. ↗

— Katherine Heigl

#beauty #because #blush #cream #down

He only profits from praise who values criticism. ↗

— Heinrich Heine

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Like a great poet, Nature knows how to produce the greatest effects with the most limited means. ↗

— Heinrich Heine

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Ladies and gentlemen, on the occasion of my election I received many letters from people representing all segments of the population and all professions, especially from the younger generation, linking my inauguration with great - far too great - expectations. ↗

— Gustav Heinemann

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