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Quote by William Hazlitt
No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test

No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history. – William Hazlitt

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Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other peoples weaknesses. – William Hazlitt

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Art
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There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion. – William Hazlitt

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Religion
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A year is an eternity in politics – though less than a moment in history. – Eliot Spitzer

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History

Presidents quickly realize that while a single act might destroy the world they live in, no one single decision can make life suddenly better or can turn history around for the good. – Lyndon B. Johnson

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History

Events in the past may roughly be divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter. – W.R. Inge, Assessments and Anticipations

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History

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. – Barbara Tuchman

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History

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O jealousy! thou magnifier of trifles. – Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller

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I will far rather see the race of man extinct than that we should become less than beasts by making the noblest of Gods creation, woman, the object of our lust. – Mahatma Gandhi

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Dare to be naive. – Buckminster Fuller

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Im not really easy to live with! There needs to be unlimited patience and unconditional love. Men Ive known before loved my independent spirit and were proud of my success, to the point that theyd become jealous of the time I devote to my career. – Milla Jovovich

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