Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want

William Hazlitt Quote

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. - William Hazlitt

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English essayist, 1778-1830

Born:10th April, 1778
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Starsign: Aries

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