William Hazlitt's Quote - Of all eloquence a nickname is the most concise; of all arguments

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Of all eloquence a nickname is the most concise; of all arguments the most unanswerable. – William Hazlitt

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Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust hatred alone is immortal. – William Hazlitt

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The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors. – William Hazlitt

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Mankind are an incorrigible race. Give them but bugbears and idols — it is all that they ask; the distinctions of right and wrong, of truth and falsehood, of good and evil, are worse than indifferent to them. – William Hazlitt

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