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

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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There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we profess to entertain for our firends. It is little better than a piece of quackery. The truth is, we think of them as we please, that is, as they please or displease us. – William Hazlitt

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Truth
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Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands of others! – William Hazlitt

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Friendship
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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

I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly. – George Farquhar

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Ridicule

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty. – Jane Austen

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Ridicule

Mockery is often the result of a poverty of wit. – Jean De La Bruyere

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Ridicule

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His designs were strictly honorable, as the phrase is: that is, to rob a lady of her fortune by way of marriage. – Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, 1749

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Although my seat is a contest between Labour and the Lib Dems, it could well make the difference between a Labour and a Tory government at the next election. In terms of international development, this choice is a very clear one. – Lucy Powell

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If you do not feel yourself growing in your work and your life broadening and deepening, if your task is not a perpetual tonic to you, you have not found your place. – Orison Swett Marden

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Nonetheless, do I have respect for people who believe in the hereafter? Of course I do. I might add, perhaps even a touch of envy too, because of the solace. – Studs Terkel

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respect