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Reflection makes men cowards. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#makes #men #reflection

Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#fear #gain #love #others #satirists

Some one is generally sure to be the sufferer by a joke. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#joke #some #sufferer #sure

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#breaking #people #pleasure #promises #some

The art of pleasing consists in being pleased. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#being #consists #pleased #pleasing

The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires to be constantly wound up. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#clock #constantly #down #like #man

The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never did me the smallest favor. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#doors #enter #favor #i #me

The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#only #player #poet

The public have neither shame or gratitude. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#neither #public #shame

The true barbarian is he who thinks everything barbarous but his own tastes and prejudices. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#barbarous #everything #his #own #prejudices