Honesty is one part eloquence. We persuade others by being in earnest ourselves.
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There is nothing more likely to drive a man mad, than the being unable to get rid of the idea of the distinction between right and wrong, and an obstinate, constitutional preference of the true to the agreeable.William Hazlitt
A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.
William Hazlitt
The poetical impression of any object is that uneasy, exquisite sense of beauty or power that cannot be contained within itself that is impatient of all limit that (as flame bends to flame) strives to link itself to some other image of kindred beauty.
William Hazlitt
If we use no ceremony toward others, we shall be treated without any. People are soon tired of paying trifling attentions to those who receive them with coldness, and return them with neglect.
William Hazlitt
The most fluent talkers or most plausible reasoners are not always the justest thinkers.
William Hazlitt
The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness than the destruction of millions of our fellow-beings.
William Hazlitt
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