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Results from Cole's Quotables:

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.: William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830)
The surest hindrance of success is to have too high a standard of refinement in our own minds, or too high an opinion of the judgment of the public. He who is determined not to be satisfied with anything short of perfection will never do anything to please himself or others.: William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830)

Results from Rand Lindsly's Quotations:

I like a friend better for having faults that one can talk about.: William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830)

Results from Poor Man's College:

The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves.: William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830)
If mankind had wished for what is right, they might have had it long ago.: William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830)
The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires to be constantly wound up.: William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830)
The definition of genius is that it acts unconsciously; and those who have produced immortal works, have done so without knowing how or why. The greatest power operates unseen.: William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830)
The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are the more leisure we have.: William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830)

Results from Contributed Quotations:

Greatness is great power, producing great effects. It is not enough that a man has great power in himself, he must shew it to all the world in a way that cannot be hid or gainsaid.: William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830), on the Pleasure of Hating
No man is truly great, who is great only in his life-time. The test of greatness is the page of history.: William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830), on the Pleasure of Hating

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