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

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

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