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Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

William Hazlitt
Peace, War, Humanity
William Hazlitt, James Thornton (1967). “Contributions to the Edinburgh review”

Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

William Hazlitt
Humanity, Intelligence, Genius
William Hazlitt (1859). “Table talk”, p.141

Tyrants forego all respect for humanity in proportion as they are sunk beneath it. Taught to believe themselves of a different species, they really become so, lose their participation with their kind, and in mimicking the god dwindle into the brute.

William Hazlitt
Believe, Tyrants, Humanity
William Hazlitt (1848). “The Miscellaneous Works”, p.181

Humanity is to be met with in a den of robbers.

William Hazlitt
Humanity, Dens, Mets
William Hazlitt (1871). “The Round Table. A collection of Essays ... By W. H. and Leigh Hunt”, p.518

That humanity and sincerity which dispose men to resist injustice and tyranny render them unfit to cope with the cunning and power of those who are opposed to them. The friends of liberty trust to the professions of others because they are themselves sincere, and endeavour to secure the public good with the least possible hurt to its enemies, who have no regard to anything but their own unprincipled ends, and stick at nothing to accomplish them.

William Hazlitt
Hurt, Men, Humanity
William Hazlitt (2016). “Characters of Shakespeare's Plays”, p.48, William Hazlitt

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