Zeal will do more than knowledge.

Quote by William Hazlitt

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Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

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...

To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest...

To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest...

Genius is a native to the soil where it grows - is fed by the...

Genius is a native to the soil where it grows - is fed by the...

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...

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

Our friends are generally ready to do everything for us, except the very thing we...

Our friends are generally ready to do everything for us, except the very thing we...

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...

Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We...

Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We...

I conceive that words are like money, not the worse for being common, but that...

I conceive that words are like money, not the worse for being common, but that...

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.

The public have neither shame or gratitude.

The public have neither shame or gratitude.

Some persons make promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

Some persons make promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

We must be doing something to be happy.

We must be doing something to be happy.

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...

We can bear to be deprived of everything but our self-conceit.

We can bear to be deprived of everything but our self-conceit.

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

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

The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are...

The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are...

Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope....

Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope....