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Quote by William Hazlitt
To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the h

To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue. – William Hazlitt

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Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust hatred alone is immortal. – William Hazlitt

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