William Hazlitt

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A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage.

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The humblest painter is a true scholar and the best of scholars the scholar of nature.

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We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.

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courage

Defoe says that there were a hundred thousand country fellows in his time ready to fight to the death against popery, without knowing whether popery was a man or a horse.

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death

Anyone who has passed though the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not made a fool by it, may consider himself as having had a very narrow escape.

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education

If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.

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faith

Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love.

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fear

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

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Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands of others!

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friendship

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.

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friendship

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