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William Hazlitt

(1778—1830)

English essayist

Ladies grow handsome by looking at themselves in the glass.

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William Hazlitt

(1778-1830) English essayist Authors in general are not good listeners. www.english-slang.com

handsome is as handsome does

[handsome is as handsome does] {informal} A person must act well and generously so that he will be truly worth respecting. - A proverb. * /Everyone thinks that Bon is […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[glass] See: [PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULD NOT THROW STONES], [SAFETY GLASS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

William Faulkner

(1897-1962) U.S. novelist If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is worth any number of old ladies. www.english-slang.com

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