Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

Quote by William Hazlitt

Topics: Ignorance Quotes, Prejudice Quotes

We are not hypocrites in our sleep

We are not hypocrites in our sleep

Dr. Johnson was a lazy learned man who liked to think and talk better than...

Dr. Johnson was a lazy learned man who liked to think and talk better than...

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.

We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.

Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who...

Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who...

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would...

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would...

He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a...

He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a...

There are many who talk on from ignorance rather than from knowledge, and who find...

There are many who talk on from ignorance rather than from knowledge, and who find...

Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may...

Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may...

Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a confession of the deficiency it...

Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a confession of the deficiency it...

Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we...

Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we...

Perhaps the best cure for the fear of death is to reflect that life has...

Perhaps the best cure for the fear of death is to reflect that life has...

He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does...

He is a hypocrite who professes what he does not believe; not he who does...

One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single...

One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single...

I like a friend better for having faults that one can talk about

I like a friend better for having faults that one can talk about

Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is...

Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is...

I should like to spend the whole of my life in traveling abroad, if I...

I should like to spend the whole of my life in traveling abroad, if I...

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

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

Reflection makes men cowards.

Reflection makes men cowards.