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Quote by William Hazlitt
A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man

A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we do not believe in it, it still haunts our apprehensions. – William Hazlitt

Other quotes by William Hazlitt

I hate to be near the sea, and to hear it roaring and raging 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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Oceans
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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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Yes, I was correctly quoted in saying I introduced sex into films in the 20s, but it was sex in good taste and left a great deal to ones imagination. – Pola Negri

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A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working at it and wills it, is exercising the energies of his mind and soul as well as of his body. Memory and imagination help him as he works. – William Morris

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To put yourself in anothers place requires real imagination, but by doing so each Girl Scout will be able to love among others happily. – Juliette Gordon Low

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It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart it being much more sensitive. – Henry David Thoreau

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Ill come to any benefit if I see SCLC get all the money. – Mahalia Jackson

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They have a kind of Bob Hope and Bing Crosby thing going on. – Christopher Walken

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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind. We wallow in nostalgia but manage to get it all wrong. True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed memories… but American-style nostalgia is about as ephemeral as copyrighted d?j? vu. – Florence King

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The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasnt for any religious reasons. They couldnt find three wise men and a virgin. – Jay Leno

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