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If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for

If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation. – William Hazlitt

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There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we profess to entertain for our firends. It is little better than a piece of quackery. The truth is, we think of them as we please, that is, as they please or displease us. – William Hazlitt

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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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