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William Hazlitt Quotes

If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it was printed yesterday or three hundred years ago.
William Hazlitt

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Date of Birth:
April 10, 1778
Date of Death:
September 18, 1830
Nationality:
English
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