Quotes by Hazlitt, William

There is not a more mean, stupid, dastardly, pitiless, selfish, spitef >>

The most learned are often the most narrow minded. >>

First impressions are often the truest, as we find (not infrequently) >>

Quotations about Learning

We learn geology the morning after the earthquake. >>

I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add >>

Whatsoever one would understand what he hears must hasten to put into >>

Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for true knowledge. Books are less often made use of as spectacles to look at nature with, than as blinds to keep out its strong light and shifting scenery from weak eyes and indolent dispositions. The learned are mere literary drudges.

Hazlitt, William