No wise man can have a contempt for the prejudices of others; and he should even stand in a certain awe of his own, as if they were aged parents and monitors. They may in the end prove wiser than…

Quote by William Hazlitt

Topics: Contempt Quotes, Parents Quotes

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.

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from...

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from...

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...

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...

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal...

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal...

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...

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the...

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the...

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure...

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure...

There are only three pleasures in life pure and lasting, and all derived from inanimate...

There are only three pleasures in life pure and lasting, and all derived from inanimate...

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

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...

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite

We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their...

We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their...

To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with...

To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with...

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

Without something to hate, we should lose the very spring of thought and action.

Without something to hate, we should lose the very spring of thought and action.

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...

One would imagine that books were, like women, the worse for being old : that...

One would imagine that books were, like women, the worse for being old : that...

How happy he who crowns in shades like these, A youth of labour with an...

How happy he who crowns in shades like these, A youth of labour with an...

Old age is the verdict of life.

Old age is the verdict of life.