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Selected Essays, 1778-1830 Selected Essays, 1778-1830 by William Hazlitt
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“The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard.”
― William Hazlitt, Selected Essays, 1778-1830
tags: attention, conversation, hearing, listening, respect
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“The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.”
― William Hazlitt, Selected Essays, 1778-1830
tags: forgiveness, hypocrisy, hypocrite, repentance
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“He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.”
― William Hazlitt, Selected Essays, 1778-1830
tags: afraid, enemies, fear, friendship
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“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 what to do in this case. The question seems to be, whether your vanity or your prudence predominates.”
― William Hazlitt, Selected Essays, 1778-1830
tags: arrogance, prudence, talking, vanity
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