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

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

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

The public have neither shame or gratitude.

The public have neither shame or gratitude.

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire...

Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire...

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

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...

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...

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...

Learning is the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others, and which...

Learning is the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others, and which...

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.

Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating.

Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating.

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet.

The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet.

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.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

To great evils we submit; we resent little provocations

To great evils we submit; we resent little provocations

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

It is better to be able neither to read nor write than to be able...

It is better to be able neither to read nor write than to be able...

There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have...

There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have...

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...