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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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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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The only vice which cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy. – William Hazlitt

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Hypocrisy
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If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning, we may study his commentators. – William Hazlitt

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Learning
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Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every loss which can be sustained from the more systematic policy of its wiser neighbors. – James Madison

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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. – Chinese Proverb

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Wisdom

Enraging liberals is simply one of the more enjoyable side effects of my wisdom. – Rush Limbaugh

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When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, dont adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. – Confucius

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If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one… – William Cowper

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The first time I sang in the church choir two hundred people changed their religion. – Fred Allen

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