It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born and bred a Dissenter.
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We can bear to be deprived of everything but our self-conceit.William Hazlitt
The cannibals burn their enemies and eat them in good-fellowship with one another meek Christian divines cast those who differ from them but a hairs-breadth, body and soul into hell-fire for the glory of God and the good of his creatures It is well that the power of such persons is not co-ordinate with their wills . . .
William Hazlitt
No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.
William Hazlitt
There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion.
William Hazlitt
Everyone in a crowd has the power to throw dirt 9 out of 10 have the inclination.
William Hazlitt
The only true retirement is that of the heart the only true leisure is the repose of the passions. To such persons it makes little difference whether they are young or old and they die as they have lived, with graceful resignation.
William Hazlitt
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