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

There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we...

There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we...

Memory cannot exist without endurance of the things perceived, and the thing perceived cannot remain...

Memory cannot exist without endurance of the things perceived, and the thing perceived cannot remain...

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures...

You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures...

If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you.

If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you.

The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires...

The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires...

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...

Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is inmortal.

Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is inmortal.

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...

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...

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of 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...

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less...

The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less...

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

The truly proud man knows neither superiors nor inferiors. The first he does not admit...

The truly proud man knows neither superiors nor inferiors. The first he does not admit...

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks...

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks...

Man is a feeble creature, to whom only submission and worship are besoming. Pride is...

Man is a feeble creature, to whom only submission and worship are besoming. Pride is...