We are the creatures of imagination, passion, and self-will, more than of reason or even of self-interest. Even in the common transactions and daily intercourse of life, we are governed by whim, caprice, prejudice, or accident. The falling of a teacup puts us out of temper for the day; and a quarrel that commenced about the pattern of a gown may end only with our lives. - William Hazlitt

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William Hazlitt: "We are the creatures of imagination, passion, and self-will, more than of reason or even of self-interest. Even in the common transactions and daily intercourse of life, we are governed by whim, caprice, prejudice, or accident. The falling of a teacup puts us out of temper for the day; and a quarrel that commenced about the pattern of a gown may end only with our lives."

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About	Accident	Caprice	Commenced
Common	Creatures	Daily	Even
Falling	Governed	Gown	Imagination
Intercourse	Life	Lives	Passion
Pattern	Prejudice	Puts	Quarrel
Reason	Selfinterest	Selfwill	Teacup
Temper	Transactions	Whim

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