A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we do not believe in it, it still haunts our apprehensions.
William Hazlitt
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More quotes by William Hazlitt
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- Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust hatred alone is immortal.
- Rules and models destroy genius and art.
- The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.
- Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.