William Hazlitt's Quote - Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficul

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Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity. – William Hazlitt

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There is nothing more likely to drive a man mad, than the being unable to get rid of the idea of the distinction between right and wrong, and an obstinate, constitutional preference of the true to the agreeable. – William Hazlitt

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Integrity

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I would like to spend the whole of my life traveling, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend at home. – William Hazlitt

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Home

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If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning, we may study his commentators. – William Hazlitt

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Learning

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