Silence is the one great art of conversation.
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Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We are more angry at undeserved than at deserved good-fortune.William Hazlitt
Art must anchor in nature, or it is the sport of every breath of folly.
William Hazlitt
There is nothing more to be esteemed than a manly firmness And decision of character. I like a person who knows his own mind and sticks to it who sees at once what is to be done in given circumstances and does it.
William Hazlitt
The surest hindrance of success is to have too high a standard of refinement in our own minds, or too high an opinion of the judgment of the public. He who is determined not to be satisfied with anything short of perfection will never do anything to please himself or others.
William Hazlitt
I do not think there is anything deserving the name of society to be found out of London.
William Hazlitt
Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that.
William Hazlitt
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