The silence of a friend commonly amounts to treachery. His not daring to say anything in our behalf implies a tacit censure.
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The dupe of friendship, and the fool of love; have I not reason to hate and to despise myself? Indeed I do; and chiefly for not having hated and despised the world enough.William Hazlitt
A great mind is one that can forget or look beyond itself.
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Rules and models destroy genius and art.
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To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to theirs; and it is necessary to follow, in order to lead.
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Violent antipathies are always suspicious, and betray a secret affinity.
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A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn.
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