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Quote by William Hazlitt
Comedy naturally wears itself out -- destroys the very food on whi

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. – William Hazlitt

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The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much. – William Hazlitt

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It is not fit that every man should travel it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse. – William Hazlitt

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Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul. – William Hazlitt

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