To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greate…

William Hazlitt
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To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind. ✨ William Hazlitt, William Ernest Henley (1902). The Collected Works of William Hazlitt: Memoirs of Thomas Holcroft. Liber amoris. Characteristics
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