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There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love.
Friends and Friendship
William Hazlitt

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There is an unseemly exposure of the mind, as well as of the body.
Candor
William Hazlitt

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There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice.
Prejudice
William Hazlitt

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They are the only honest hypocrites, their life is a voluntary dream, a studied madness.
Acting and Actors
William Hazlitt

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Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.
War
William Hazlitt

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Those who can command themselves command others.
Leaders and Leadership
William Hazlitt

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Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.
Familiarity
William Hazlitt

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To be happy, we must be true to nature, and carry our age along with us.
Age and Aging
William Hazlitt

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To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.
Reason
William Hazlitt

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We are all of us, more or less, the slaves of opinion.
Cooperation
William Hazlitt

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We are not hypocrites in our sleep.
Sleep
William Hazlitt

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We can bear to be deprived of everything but our self-conceit.
Self-image
William Hazlitt

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We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.
Hatred
William Hazlitt

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We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation.
Taboos
William Hazlitt

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We must overact our part in some measure, in order to produce any effect at all.
Acting and Actors
William Hazlitt

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We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it.
Performance
William Hazlitt

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We talk little when we do not talk about ourselves.
Speakers and Speaking
William Hazlitt

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When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.
Controversy
William Hazlitt

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Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.
Wit
William Hazlitt

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Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my way across the room.
Custom
William Hazlitt

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun