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Letter "W" » William Hazlitt Quotes
«The garb of religion is the best cloak for power.»
«Those who from a constant change and dissipation of outward objects have not a moment's leisure left for their own thoughts, can feel no respect for themselves, and learn little consideration for humanity.»
«Silence is one great art of conversation. He is not a fool who knows when to hold his tongue; and a person may gain credit for sense, eloquence, wit, who merely says nothing to lessen the opinion which others have of these qualities in themselves.»
«Life is a continued struggle to be what we are not, and to do what we cannot»
«A nickname is the hardest stone that the devil can throw at a man»
«Of all eloquence a nickname is the most concise; of all arguments the most unanswerable.»
Author: William Hazlitt
(Writer)
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concise, eloquence, nickname, nicknamed, Nicknames, nicknaming, unanswerable
«The greatest grossness sometimes accompanies the greatest refinement, as a natural relief.»
«The young are prodigal of life from a superabundance of it; the old are tenacious on the same score, because they have little left, and cannot enjoy even what remains of it.»
«The incognito of an inn is one of its striking privileges.»
«I do not think there is anything deserving the name of society to be found out of London.»
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