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Cases Quotes by William Hazlitt
- Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for true knowledge. Books are less often made use of as…
- Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars. So are disgrace, defeat, exposure to immediate scorn and laughter. There is no opportunity in such…
- Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for true knowledge.
- In some situations, if you say nothing, you are called dull; if you talk, you are thought impertinent and arrogant. It is hard to know…
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- In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels. — Jane Austen
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- Pride in the case of a rich man is bad, but pride in the case of a poor man is worse. — Abu Bakr
- It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have. — James A. Baldwin
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