We can be said only to fulfil our destiny in the place that gave us bi…

William Hazlitt
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We can be said only to fulfil our destiny in the place that gave us birth. I should on this account like well enough to spend the whole of my life in travelling abroad, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend afterwards at home! ✨ The Essential Hazlitt.
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Well I've had a happy life. ✨ Last words, in W. C. Hazlitt 'Memoirs of William Hazlitt' (1867)
A King (as such) is not a great man. He has great power, but it is not his own. ✨ William Hazlitt (2015). Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated), p.1105, Delphi Classics
Let a man's talents or virtues be what they may, he will only feel satisfaction in his society as he is satisfied in himself. ✨ William Hazlitt (2015). Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illu … ▶
No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves. ✨ William Hazlitt (1839). Sketches and Essays by W. H. Now first collected [and edited] by his son, p.255
The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation. ✨ William Hazlitt (2015). Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated), p.1248, Delphi Classics

We can be said only to fulfil our destiny in the place that gave us birth. I should on this account like well enough to spend the whole of my life in travelling abroad, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend afterwards at home! ✨ The Essential Hazlitt.

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