“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.”
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Hazlitt, W. (n.d.). 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. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/34971-few-things-tend-more-to-alienate-friendship-than/
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Hazlitt, William. “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.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/34971-few-things-tend-more-to-alienate-friendship-than/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
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Hazlitt, William. “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.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/34971-few-things-tend-more-to-alienate-friendship-than/.