A great mind is one that can forget or look beyond itself. ✨ William H…

William Hazlitt
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A great mind is one that can forget or look beyond itself. ✨ William Hazlitt (1871). The Round Table. A collection of Essays ... By W. H. and Leigh Hunt, p.547
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A great mind is one that can forget or look beyond itself. ✨ William Hazlitt (1871). The Round Table. A collection of Essays ... By W. H. and Leigh Hunt, p.547

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