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That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident.

~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.

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The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature.

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Learning is its own exceeding great reward.

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It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.

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A hair in the head is worth two in the brush.

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

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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.

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Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.

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He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Critic

Born: April 10th, 1778

Died: September 18th, 1830

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