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“Pride goes before a fall, they say, And yet we often find, The folks who throw all pride away Most often fall behind.”

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William Hazlitt, born on April 10, 1778, was an influential English essayist and literary critic. His works are renowned for their sharp observations and profound insights, which have had a lasting impact on 19th-century British literature. more

“Any woman may act the part of a coquette successfully who has the reputation without the scruples of modesty. If a woman passes the bounds of propriety for our sakes, and throws herself unblushingly at our heads, we conclude it is either from a sudden and violent liking, or from extraordinary merit on our parts, either of which is enough to turn any man's head who has a single spark of gallantry or vanity in his composition.”

Ifs Men May Enough Turns Women Extraordinary Bounds Sake Violent Reputation Vanity Merit Sparks Modesty Composition Propriety Scruples Gallantry Coquette

Author:William Hazlitt

“With women, the great business of life is love; and they generally make a mistake in it. They consult neither the heart nor the head, but are led away by mere humour and fancy. If instead of a companion for life, they had to choose a partner in a country-dance or to trifle away an hour with, their mode of calculation would be right. They tie their true-lover's knot with idle, thoughtless haste, while the institutions of society render it indissoluble.”

Source: Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].

“The affected modesty of most women is a decoy for the generous, the delicate, and unsuspecting; while the artful, the bold, and unfeeling either see or break through its slender disguises.”

Women Break Generous Affected Delicate Modesty Disguise Break Through Slender Unfeeling Unsuspecting

Book:The Round Table. A collection of Essays ... By W. H. and Leigh Hunt

Source: The Round Table. A collection of Essays ... By W. H. and Leigh Hunt

“That humanity and sincerity which dispose men to resist injustice and tyranny render them unfit to cope with the cunning and power of those who are opposed to them. The friends of liberty trust to the professions of others because they are themselves sincere, and endeavour to secure the public good with the least possible hurt to its enemies, who have no regard to anything but their own unprincipled ends, and stick at nothing to accomplish them.”

Men Ends Humanity Hurt Liberty Enemy Regard Sticks Injustice Accomplish Profession Tyranny Secure Sincere Sincerity Cunning Endeavour Public Good

Book:Characters of Shakespeare's Plays

Source: Characters of Shakespeare's Plays

“A taste for liberal art is necessary to complete the character of a gentleman, Science alone is hard and mechanical. It exercises the understanding upon things out of ourselves, while it leaves the affections unemployed, or engrossed with our own immediate, narrow interests.”

Art Hard Character Understanding Interest Exercise Taste Art Is Affection Gentleman Unemployed Liberal Arts

Book:Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)

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