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Quote by William Hazlitt
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The are of will-making chiefly consists in baffling the importunity of expectation. – William Hazlitt

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A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we do not believe in it, it still haunts our apprehensions. – William Hazlitt

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Imagination
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William Hazlitt
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Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul. – William Hazlitt

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Grace
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Inheritance
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A person can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven. – Bible

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Inheritance

The patient is not likely to recover who makes the doctor his heir. – Thomas Fuller

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Inheritance

A third heir seldom enjoys what has been dishonestly acquired. – Juvenal

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Inheritance

The way to be immortal (I mean not to die at all) is to have me for your heir. I recommend you to put me in your will and you will see that (as long as I live at least) you will never even catch cold. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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Inheritance

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