“We may be willing to tell a story twice, never to hear it more than once.”
Quote by William Hazlitt
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William Hazlitt
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
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“Affectation is as necessary to the mind as dress is to the body.”
Source: Men and manners: sketches and essays
“Spleen can subsist on any kind of food.”
Source: The Miscellaneous Works
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“Avarice is the miser's dream, as fame is the poet's.”
Source: Essays: On self-love. On the conduct of life: or, Advice to a school-boy. On the fine arts. The fight. On want of money. On the feeling of immortality in youth. The main-chance. The opera. Of persons one would wish to have seen. My first acquaintance with poets. The shyness of scholors. The Vatican. On the spirit of monarchy