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Quote by William Hazlitt
I hate to be near the sea, and to hear it raging and roaring like

I hate to be near the sea, and to hear it raging and roaring like a wild beast in its den. It puts me in mind of the everlasting efforts of the human mind, struggling to be free and ending just where it began. – William Hazlitt

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Life is the art of being well deceived and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted. – William Hazlitt

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