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Quote by William Hazlitt
We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observ

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

Other quotes by William Hazlitt

I hate to be near the sea, and to hear it raging and roaring like a wild beast in its den. It puts me in mind of the everlasting efforts of the human mind, struggling to be free and ending just where it began. – William Hazlitt

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Curmudgeonesque
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The dupe of friendship, and the fool of love have I not reason to hate and to despise myself? Indeed I do and chiefly for not having hated and despised the world enough. – William Hazlitt

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Friendship
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A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one – they show one another off to the best advantage. – William Hazlitt

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best
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Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston Churchill

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Courage

Remember that when you meet your antagonist, to do everything in a mild agreeable manner. Let your courage be keen, but, at the same time, as polished as your sword. – Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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Courage

Being gifted needs courage. – Georg Brandes

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Courage

The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow. – Jim Hightower

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Courage

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The west has a great deal to answer for in the Middle East, from Britains belated empire-building after the First World War to the US and British policy that condemns modern Iraq to the material and social squalor of a half-century ago. – James Buchan

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