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Quote by William Hazlitt
The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others.

The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors. – William Hazlitt

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The humblest painter is a true scholar and the best of scholars the scholar of nature. – William Hazlitt

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Anyone who has passed though the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not made a fool by it, may consider himself as having had a very narrow escape. – William Hazlitt

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