"Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine or sup to break up more than one intimacy."

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The theme of friendship is universal, yet William Hazlitt manages to capture its essence in a uniquely profound way. Taking a moment to internalize this can shift our mindset, reminding us that our perspective on friendship often shapes our reality.

About William Hazlitt

William Hazlitt was an English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher. He is now considered one of the greatest critics and essayists in the history of the English language, placed in the company of Samuel Johnson and George Orwell. He is also acknowledged as the finest art critic of his age. Despite his high standing among historians of literature and art, his work is currently little read and mostly out of print.

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"A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles."

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"No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history."

— William Hazlitt
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"Defoe says that there were a hundred thousand country fellows in his time ready to fight to the death against popery, without knowing whether popery was a man or a horse."

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"We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts."

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"It's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin and can't stand the company."

— Bruce Springsteen
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"I have a loyalty that runs in my bloodstream, when I lock into someone or something, you can't get me away from it because I commit that thoroughly. That's in friendship, that's a deal, that's a commitment. Don't give me paper - I can get the same lawyer who drew it up to break it. But if you shake my hand, that's for life."

— Jerry Lewis
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"I came to declare that I am a friend to Arabs, at a time when it is not easy to be friend to Arabs, because nowadays those who have ambitions and interests would not befriend Arab."

— George Galloway
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"A resilient spirit knows that the bonds of friendship are the true treasures of existence."

— Conrad Aiken
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