Hazlitt

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“Comedy naturally wears itself out—destroys the very food on which it lives; and by constantly and successfully exposing the follies and weaknesses of mankind to ridicule, in the end leaves itself nothing worth laughing at.”
—William Hazlitt (1778–1830)

“Almost every sect of Christianity is a perversion of its essence, to accommodate it to the prejudices of the world.”
—William Hazlitt (1778–1830)

“A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could.”
—William Hazlitt (1778–1830)