The true barbarian is he who thinks everything barbarous but his own t…

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The true barbarian is he who thinks everything barbarous but his own tastes and prejudices. ✨ William Hazlitt (1837). Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt]., p.119
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The true barbarian is he who thinks everything barbarous but his own tastes and prejudices. ✨ William Hazlitt (1837). Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt]., p.119

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