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Quote by William Hazlitt
Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctua

Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine or sup to break up more than one intimacy. – William Hazlitt

Other quotes by William Hazlitt

Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly overvalued by others. – William Hazlitt

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Humility
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William Hazlitt
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People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they work in it because they excel. – William Hazlitt

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work
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William Hazlitt
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A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could. – William Hazlitt

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respect
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No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow. – Alice Walker

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It’s important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to the friendship that we are not. – Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic’s Notebook, 1960

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Friendship based solely upon gratitude is like a photograph with time it fades. – Carmen Sylva

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The best way to mend a broken heart is time and girlfriends. – Gwyneth Paltrow

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I never abandoned either forms or freedom. I imagine that most of what could be called free verse is in my first book. I got through that fairly early. – Howard Nemerov

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A mans friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage – but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends. – Samuel Butler

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I dont think that digital photography is romantic yet. Its not sympathetic the way that film is. – Matthew Modine

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