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William Hazlitt Quotes

«When a man is dead, they put money in his coffin, erect monuments to his memory, and celebrate the anniversary of his birthday in set speeches. Would they take any notice of him if he were living? No!»
«If a person has no delicacy, he has you in his power.»
«A man's look is the work of years; it is stamped on his countenance by the events of his whole life, nay, more by the hand of nature, and it is not to be got rid of easily.»
«He that doth lend doth lose a friend.»
«So society, when out of order, which it is whenever the interests of the many are regularly and outrageously sacrificed to those of the few, must be repaired, and either a reform or a revolution cleanse its corruptions and renew its elasticity.»
«Those people who are uncomfortable in themselves are disagreeable to others.»
«The generality of mankind are contented to be estimated by what they possess instead of what they are.»
«The great requisite for the prosperous management of ordinary business is the want of imagination.»
«The greatest offence against virtue is to speak ill of it.»
«The most rational cure after all for the inordinate fear of death is to set a just value on life.»