He was a hero, that is, he was ready to sacrifice his own l… - William Hazlitt

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He was a hero, that is, he was ready to sacrifice his own life for the pleasure of destroying thousands of other lives.

William Hazlitt

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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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Modern fanaticism thrives in proportion to the quanitity of contradictions and nonsense it poures down the throats of the gaping multitude, and the jargon and mysticism it offers to their wonder and credulity.

Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone — but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.

Actors are the only honest hypocrites.

He was a hero, that is, he was ready to sacrifice his own life for the pleasure of destroying thousands of other lives. - William Hazlitt

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