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

~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.

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

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

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A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage.

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The public have neither shame or gratitude.

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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.

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We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.

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Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that.

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Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Critic

Born: April 10th, 1778

Died: September 18th, 1830

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