If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning, we may study his commentators.

Quote by William Hazlitt

Topics: Genius Quotes, Learning Quotes

If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.

If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

Genius, like humanity, rusts for the want of use

Genius, like humanity, rusts for the want of use

An accomplished coquette excites the passions of others, in proportion as she feels none herself

An accomplished coquette excites the passions of others, in proportion as she feels none herself

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

Almost every sect of Christianity is a perversion of its essence, to accommodate it to...

Almost every sect of Christianity is a perversion of its essence, to accommodate it to...

There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may...

There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may...

An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in...

An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in...

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

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...

Those who can command themselves command others.

Those who can command themselves command others.

Every one in a crowd has the power to throw dirt: nine out of ten...

Every one in a crowd has the power to throw dirt: nine out of ten...

Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly, cold, comfortless, and distasteful. The stomach turns...

Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly, cold, comfortless, and distasteful. The stomach turns...

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

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...

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...

Anyone who has passed though the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not...

Anyone who has passed though the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not...

We often choose a friend as we do a mistress - for no particular excellence...

We often choose a friend as we do a mistress - for no particular excellence...

Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of...

Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of...