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William Hazlitt

"Good-nature, or what is often considered as such, is the most selfish of all the virtues: it is nine times out of ten mere indolence of disposition."

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"Good-nature, or what is often considered as such, is the most selfish of all the virtues: it is nine times out of ten mere indolence of disposition."

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"Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company."

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"Virtue rejects facility to be her companion. She requires a craggy, rough and thorny way."

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"The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices."

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"Love is free, but priceless. Wisdom is precious, but costless. Faith is gentle, but fearless. Joy is scarce, but limitless. Truth is simple, but matchless."

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"It is better to be a discipline than a follower."

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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."
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