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William Hazlitt
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A proud man is satisfied with his own good opinion, and does not seek to make converts to it. ✨ William Hazlitt (1837). Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt]., p.41
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A proud man is satisfied with his own good opinion, and does not seek to make converts to it. ✨ William Hazlitt (1837). Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt]., p.41

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