Quote by William Hazlitt
There is nothing more likely to drive a man mad, than the being un

There is nothing more likely to drive a man mad, than the being unable to get rid of the idea of the distinction between right and wrong, and an obstinate, constitutional preference of the true to the agreeable. – William Hazlitt

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We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts. – William Hazlitt

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Mankind are an incorrigible race. Give them but bugbears and idols — it is all that they ask; the distinctions of right and wrong, of truth and falsehood, of good and evil, are worse than indifferent to them. – William Hazlitt

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The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. – Japanese Proverb

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One does evil enough when one does nothing good. – German Proverb

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If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it. – Marcus Aurelius

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