The most violent friendships soonest wear themselves out. ✨ William Ha…

William Hazlitt
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The most violent friendships soonest wear themselves out. ✨ William Hazlitt (1837). Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt]., p.87
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