William Hazlitt

Chanakya Neeti - Eleventh Chapter , English Proverb , Manning Barish , Arabic Proverb , Chanakya Neeti - Third Chapter

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A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

William Hazlitt
smile
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A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage.

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best
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A hair in the head is worth two in the brush.

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hair , head , worth
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A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could.

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respect
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A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death. It not only gives us fortitude to bear pain, but teaches us at every step the precarious tenure on which we hold our present being.

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life , action , danger , moderates , dread
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A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we do not believe in it, it still haunts our apprehensions.

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imagination
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A scholar is like a book written in a dead language. It is not every one that can read in it.

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scholar , like , book
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A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means.

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strong , passion , any , object , will
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A wise traveler never despises his own country.

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travel
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Actors are the only honest hypocrites.

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only , honest
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All that men really understand is confined to a very small compass; to their daily affairs and experience; to what they have an opportunity to know; and motives to study or practise. The rest is affectation and imposture.

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men , really , understand , confined , very
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Almost every sect of Christianity is a perversion of its essence, to accommodate it to the prejudices of the world.

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

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

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honest , man , speaks
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Anyone is to be pitied who has just sense enough to perceive his deficiencies.

William Hazlitt
anyone , pitied , who , just , sense