Quotation by

William Hazlitt

There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we profess to entertain for our firends. It is little better than a piece of quackery. The truth is, we think of them as we please, that is, as they please or displease us.

William Hazlitt

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William Hazlitt is saying that we often fool ourselves about how much we truly value our friends, pretending to hold them in higher regard than we actually do. In reality, our feelings about friends are shaped mainly by how they make us feel, whether positively or negatively, rather than by an objective judgment of their worth.

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