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Nor Quotes by William Hazlitt
- General principles are not the less true or important because from their nature they elude immediate observation; they are like the air, which is not…
- It is better to be able neither to read nor write than to be able to do nothing else.
- The measure of any man's virtue is what he would do, if he had neither the laws nor public opinion, nor even his own prejudices,…
- A Whig is properly what is called a Trimmer - that is, a coward to both sides of the question, who dare not be a…
- They [corporations] feel neither shame, remorse, gratitude, nor goodwill.
- With women, the great business of life is love; and they generally make a mistake in it. They consult neither the heart nor the head,…
- Corporate bodies are more corrupt and profligate than individuals, because they have more power to do mischief, and are less amenable to disgrace or punishment.…
- We cannot by a little verbal sophistry confound the qualities of different minds, nor force opposite excellences into a union by all the intolerance in…
- His hypothesis goes to this - to make the common run of his readers fancy they can do all that can be done by genius,…
- The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less wise, neither better nor worse than your neighbours.
- There are persons who cannot make friends. Who are they? Those who cannot be friends. It is not the want of understanding or good nature,…
- The truly proud man knows neither superiors nor inferiors. The first he does not admit of; the last he does not concern himself about.
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