The generality of mankind are contented to be estimated by what they possess instead of what they are.
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There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and an idiot has some advantages over a wise man.William Hazlitt
The temple of fame stands upon the grave the flame that burns upon its altars is kindled from the ashes of great men.
William Hazlitt
I should like to spend the whole of my life in traveling Abroad, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend Afterwards at home.
William Hazlitt
Mankind are a herd of knaves and fools. It is necessary to join the crowd, or get out of their way, in order not to be trampled to death by them.
William Hazlitt
We are the creatures of imagination, passion, and self-will, more than of reason or even of self-interest. . . . Even in the common transactions and daily intercourse of life, we are governed by whim, caprice, prejudice, or accident.
William Hazlitt
We are all of us, more or less, the slaves of opinion.
William Hazlitt
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