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Quote by William Hazlitt
There is not a more mean, stupid, dastardly, pitiless, selfish, sp

There is not a more mean, stupid, dastardly, pitiless, selfish, spiteful, envious, ungrateful animal than the Public. It is the greatest of cowards, for it is afraid of itself. – William Hazlitt

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Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else. – 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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The approval of the public is to be avoided like the plague. It is absolutely essential to keep the public from entering if one wishes to avoid confusion. I must add that the public must be kept panting in expectation at the gate by a system of challenges and provocations. – Andre Breton

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The reading public is intellectually adolescent at best, and it is obvious that what is called significant literature will only be sold to this public by exactly the same methods as are used to sell it toothpaste, cathartics and automobiles. – Raymond Chandler

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The public is wiser than the wisest critic. – George Bancroft

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The measure of your quality as a public person, as a citizen, is the gap between what you do and what you say. – Ramsey Clark

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No struggle can ever succeed without women participating side by side with men. – Muhammad Ali Jinnah

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Home is, I suppose just a childs idea. A house at night, and a lamp in the house. A place to feel safe. – V. S. Naipaul

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The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it. – Esther Williams

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