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Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#defined #expression #gracefulness #harmony #inward

I like a friend the better for having faults that one can talk about. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it was printed yesterday or three hundred years ago. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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It is better to be able neither to read nor write than to be able to do nothing else. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born and bred a Dissenter. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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