Quotes by Hazlitt, William

Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering the >>

A full-dressed ecclesiastic is a sort of go-cart of divinity; an ethic >>

Prejudice is the child of ignorance. >>

Quotations about Understanding

Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot. >>

The man of understanding finds everything laughable. >>

The motto should not be: Forgive one another; rather understand one an >>

The thing is plain. All that men really understand, is confined to a very small compass; to their daily affairs and experience; to what they have an opportunity to know, and motives to study or practice. The rest is affectation and imposture.

Hazlitt, William