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William Hazlitt Quotes:

Ocupation: Writer

Life: April 10, 1778 - September 18, 1830

Birthday: April 10

Death: September 18

Our notions with respect to the importance of life, and our attachment to it, depend on a principle which has very little to do with its happiness or its misery. The love of life is, in general, the effect not of our enjoyments, but of our passions.

- William Hazlitt

source: William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.170, Delphi Classics

topic: Passion, Love Life, Attachment, Importance Of Life

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