We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it.
William Hazlitt
We often choose a friend as we do a mistress - for no particular excellence in themselves, but merely from some circumstance that flatters our self-love.
William Hazlitt
When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.
William Hazlitt
Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.
William Hazlitt
Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my way across the room.
William Hazlitt
You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.
William Hazlitt
Zeal will do more than knowledge.
William Hazlitt
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