Quote by William Hazlitt
Defoe says that there were a hundred thousand country fellows in h

Defoe says that there were a hundred thousand country fellows in his time ready to fight to the death against popery, without knowing whether popery was a man or a horse. – William Hazlitt

Other quotes by William Hazlitt

There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you. – William Hazlitt

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respect
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The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of ourselves by the same test: for it is on that on which our success in life depends. – William Hazlitt

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Success
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Ive been looking at some video clips on YouTube of President Obama – then candidate Obama – going through Iowa making promises. The gap between his promises and his performance is the largest Ive seen, well, since the Kardashian wedding and the promise of til death do we part. – Mitt Romney

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Death

Suicide is… the sincerest form of criticism life gets. – Wilfred Sheed, The Good Word, 1978

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Death

A real hangover is nothing to try out family remedies on. The only cure for a real hangover is death. – Robert Benchley

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Death

Benjamin Franklin said there were only two things certain in life: death and taxes. But Id like to add a third certainty: trash. And while some in this room might want to discuss reducing taxes, I want to talk about reducing trash. – Ruth Ann Minner

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Death

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Three chords and the truth – thats what a country song is. – Willie Nelson

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Emancipation came to the colored race in America as a war measure. It was an act of military necessity. Manifestly it would have come without war, in the slower process of humanitarian reform and social enlightenment. – Wendell Willkie

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Books are a refuge, a sort of cloistral refuge, from the vulgarities of the actual world. – Walter Pater

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We acquire friends and we make enemies, but our sisters come with the territory. – Evelyn Loeb

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