We are not satisfied to be right, unless we can prove others to be quite wrong.

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About William Hazlitt

William Hazlitt (10 April 1778 – 18 September 1830) was an English writer remembered for his humanistic essays and literary criticism. He is sometimes esteemed the greatest English literary critic after Samuel Johnson.

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Hay quienes, con este mismo fin, se marchan a la costa y cargan con ellos la metrópoli; yo prefiero un espacio vital mayor y menores estorbos.

Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.

The most sensible people to be met with in society are men of business and of the world, who argue from what they see and know, instead of spinning cobweb distinctions of what things ought to be.