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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

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The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much. – William Hazlitt

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Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine or sup to break up more than one intimacy. – William Hazlitt

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

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

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Oh that wisdom was half as zealous for converts as ridicule. – Franz Grillparzer

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Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only worthy opponent to ridicule is success. – Oliver Goldsmith

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