Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my way across the room

Quote by William Hazlitt

Topics: Prejudice Quotes

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

A hair in the head is worth two in the brush.

A hair in the head is worth two in the brush.

The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation.

The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation.

Prejudice is never easy unless it can pass itself off for reason

Prejudice is never easy unless it can pass itself off for reason

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If...

If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If...

It is not the errors of others, but our own miscalculations, on which we wreak...

It is not the errors of others, but our own miscalculations, on which we wreak...

Defoe says that there were a hundred thousand country fellows in his time ready to...

Defoe says that there were a hundred thousand country fellows in his time ready to...

If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes,...

If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes,...

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...

It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born...

It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born...

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...

He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.

He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.

I would like to spend the whole of my life traveling, if I could anywhere...

I would like to spend the whole of my life traveling, if I could anywhere...

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

Those who speak ill of the spiritual life, although they come and go by day,...

Those who speak ill of the spiritual life, although they come and go by day,...

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

It is false zeal to keep truth while wounding charity

It is false zeal to keep truth while wounding charity

I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing

I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing

Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man...

Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man...