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William Hazlitt Quotes

«Comedy naturally wears itself out -- destroys the very food on which it lives; and by constantly and successfully exposing the follies and weaknesses of mankind to ridicule, in the end leaves itself nothing worth laughing at.»
Author: William Hazlitt (Writer) | Keywords: exposing, ridicule
«Our friends are generally ready to do everything for us, except the very thing we wish them to do.»
«A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one -- they show one another off to the best advantage.»
«The confession of our failings is a thankless office. It savors less of sincerity or modesty than of ostentation. It seems as if we thought our weaknesses as good as other people's virtues.»
«Reflection makes men cowards.»
«Grace in women has more effect than beauty.»
«Lest he should wander irretrievably from the right path, he stands still.»
«The are of will-making chiefly consists in baffling the importunity of expectation.»
«Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love.»
Author: William Hazlitt (Writer) | Keywords: Satirists

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