“It would be easy to forget a misplaced attachment, but that we do not like to acknowledge ourselves in the wrong.” — William Hazlitt, “Common Places,” The Literary Examiner
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“I never knew but one person who had a passion for truth — and only one who had the same regard to the distinction between right and wrong, that others have to their own interest.” — William Hazlitt, “Common Places,” The Literary Examiner
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“People had much rather be thought to look ill than old : because it is possible to recover from sickness, but there is no recovering from age.” — William Hazlitt, “Common Places,” The Literary Examiner
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“Just as much as we see in others, we have in ourselves.” — William Hazlitt, “Common Places,” The Literary Examiner
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“No truly great man ever thought himself so.” — William Hazlitt, “Common Places,” The Literary Examiner
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“When I consider how little difference there is in mankind (either in body or mind) I cannot help being astonished at the airs some people give themselves.” — William Hazlitt, “Common Places,” The Literary Examiner
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