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The best kind of conversation is that which may be called thinking aloud.

William Hazlitt

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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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Alternative Names: Wm. Haslett • William Carew Hazlitt

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Anyone must be mainly ignorant or thoughtless, who is surprised at everything he sees; or wonderfully conceited who expects everything to conform to his standard of propriety.

Those who can command themselves, command others.

An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.

The best kind of conversation is that which may be called <i>thinking aloud</i>. - William Hazlitt

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