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Dr. Johnson was a lazy learned man who liked to think and talk better than to read or write; who, however, wrote much and well, but too often by rote. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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

— William Hazlitt

#born #bred #dissenter #hard #honest

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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Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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

— William Hazlitt

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

— William Hazlitt

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Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of no more value than their dress. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry - the old maid, the woman whom sorrow or misfortune prevents from fulfilling her natural destiny. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

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Those who can command themselves command others. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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