“Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone – but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.”
— William Hazlitt
Author: William Hazlitt
Category: friendship
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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 may study his commentators.”
— William Hazlitt
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Category: learning
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“Grace in women has more effect than beauty.”
— William Hazlitt
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Category: women
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“A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we do not believe in it, it still haunts our apprehensions.”
— William Hazlitt
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Category: imagination
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“Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.”
— William Hazlitt
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“The art of pleasing consists in being pleased.”
— William Hazlitt
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Category: art
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“Defoe says that there were a hundred thousand country fellows in his time ready to fight to the death against popery, without knowing whether popery was a man or a horse.”
— William Hazlitt
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Category: death
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“The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right.”
— William Hazlitt
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“A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.”
— William Hazlitt
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“To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with us.”
— William Hazlitt
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Category: age
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“Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire in your eye, adorn your person, maintain your health, your beauty and your animal spirits.”
— William Hazlitt
Author: William Hazlitt
Category: beauty
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