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  • A man's reputation is not in his own keeping, but lies at the mercy of the profligacy of others. Calumny requires no proof.

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    William Hazlitt (1871). “The Round Table. A collection of Essays ... By W. H. and Leigh Hunt”, p.487

  • A man's reputation is not in his own keeping, but lies at the mercy of the profligacy of others. Calumny requires no proof. The throwing out [of] malicious imputations against any character leaves a stain, which no after-refutation can wipe out. To create an unfavorable impression, it is not necessary that certain things should be true, but that they have been said. The imagination is of so delicate a texture that even words wound it.

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    William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.75

  • The ignorance of the world leaves one at the mercy of its malice.

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    William Hazlitt (1845). “Table Talk: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things”, p.128
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William Hazlitt

  • Born: April 10, 1778
  • Died: September 18, 1830
  • Occupation: Writer
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