12 sayings with source references.
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True modesty and true pride are much the same thing. Both consist in setting a just value on ourselves--neither more nor less.William Hazlitt · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 159
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Obstinate silence implies either a mean opinion of ourselves, or a contempt for our company; and it is the more provoking, as others do not know to which of these causes to attribute it--whether humility or pride.William Hazlitt · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 244
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The best way to make ourselves agreeable to others is by seeming to think them so. If we appear fully sensible of their good qualities they will not complain of the want of them in us.William Hazlitt · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 258
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It is well that there is no one without a fault, for he would not have a friend in the world: he would seem to belong to a different species.William Hazlitt · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 269
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Let a man's talents or virtues be what they may, we feel satisfaction in his society only as he is satisfied in himself. We cannot enjoy the good qualities of a friend if he seems to be none the better for them.William Hazlitt · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 27
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There are many who talk on from ignorance rather than from knowledge, and who find the former an inexhaustible fund of conversation.William Hazlitt · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 301
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Truth from the mouth of an honest man and severity from a good-natured man have a double effect.William Hazlitt · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 332
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We have more faith in a well-written romance while we are reading it than in common history. The vividness of the representations in the one case more than counterbalances the mere knowledge of the truth of facts in the other.William Hazlitt · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 419
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Simplicity of character is the natural result of profound thought.William Hazlitt · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 435
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We are never so much disposed to quarrel with others as when we are dissatisfied with ourselves.William Hazlitt · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 46
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Vulgar prejudices are those which arise out of accident, ignorance, or authority; natural prejudices are those which arise out of the constitution of the human mind itself.William Hazlitt · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 551
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A lively blockhead in company is a public benefit. Silence or dulness by the side of folly looks like wisdom.William Hazlitt · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 562
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