Quote by William Hazlitt
We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes t

We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation. – William Hazlitt

Other quotes by William Hazlitt

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind. – William Hazlitt

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

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alone
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Superstition
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I have, thanks to my travels, added to my stock all the superstitions of other countries. I know them all now, and in any critical moment of my life, they all rise up in armed legions for or against me. – Sarah Bernhardt

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The superstition of science scoffs at the superstition of faith. – James A. Froude

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Superstition

The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss; and commit to memory the one, and forget and pass over the other. – Francis Bacon

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Superstition

It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions. – Thomas Henry Huxley

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Superstition

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Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together. – Anaïs Nin

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Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering. – St.Augustine

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Self-Discovery

We kill everybody, my dear. Some with bullets, some with words, and everybody with our deeds. We drive people into their graves, and neither see it nor feel it. – Maxim Gorky

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Gluttony might be innocuous were it not for the fact that gluttons tend to disregard whether their self-serving behaviors harm anyone else. We dont need to look far and wide to find examples of gluttonous behavior, as they are numerous throughout the history of capitalism. – Simon Mainwaring

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History