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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

I hate to be near the sea, and to hear it roaring and raging like a wild beast in its den. It puts me in mind of the everlasting efforts of the human mind, struggling to be free, and ending just where it began. – William Hazlitt

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Oceans
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William Hazlitt
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Superstition
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The superstition in which we grew up,
Though we may recognize it, does not lose
Its power over us–Not all are free
Who make mock of their chains. – Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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Superstition

Superstition is an unreasoning fear of God. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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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

It is bad luck to be superstitious. – Andrew W. Mathis

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Superstition

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Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals. – Agnes Repplier, Points of View

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Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair. – Ovid

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Night, Nighttime

To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an imitation of its opposite. – G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg

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Most editors are failed writers — but so are most writers. – T.S. Eliot

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