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Quote by William Hazlitt
We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and

We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their defects. – William Hazlitt

Other quotes by William Hazlitt

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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William Hazlitt
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A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. – William Hazlitt

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smile
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Other Quotes from
Ridicule
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Oh that wisdom was half as zealous for converts as ridicule. – Franz Grillparzer

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Ridicule

Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us. – Thomas Jefferson

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Ridicule

When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him. – Thomas Szasz

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Ridicule

No God and no religion can survive ridicule. No political church, no nobility, no royalty or other fraud, can face ridicule in a fair field, and live. – Mark Twain

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Ridicule

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The one thing that advances a society is not technology or so-called development its love – that one principle. – Tom Shadyac

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The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst. – Winston Churchill

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respect

We now live in a world where the only thing to have is success, but failure is marvelous. Its fertiliser, its like living fertiliser, because youre forced on yourself. – Rupert Everett

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Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake. – E.L. Doctorow

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