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  • Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.

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    William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.42

  • The origin of all science is the desire to know causes, and the origin of all false science is the desire to accept false causes rather than none; or, which is the same thing, in the unwillingness to acknowledge our own ignorance.

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    1829 In The Atlas, 15 Feb.

  • It is the vice of scholars to suppose that there is no knowledge in the world but that of books.

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    William Hazlitt (1836). “Literary Remains of the Late William Hazlitt: Essays: On self-love. On the conduct of life: or, Advice to a school-boy. On the fine arts. The fight. On want of money. On the feeling of immortality in youth. The main-chance. The opera. Of persons one would wish to have seen. My first acquaintance with poets. The shyness of scholars. The Vatican. On the spirit of monarchy”, p.91

  • Zeal will do more than knowledge.

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    William Hazlitt (1845). “Table Talk: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things”, p.178
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William Hazlitt

  • Born: April 10, 1778
  • Died: September 18, 1830
  • Occupation: Writer
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