Quote by William Hazlitt
Mankind are an incorrigible race. Give them but bugbears and idols

Mankind are an incorrigible race. Give them but bugbears and idols — it is all that they ask; the distinctions of right and wrong, of truth and falsehood, of good and evil, are worse than indifferent to them. – William Hazlitt

Other quotes by William Hazlitt

Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else. – William Hazlitt

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Nature
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Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands of others! – William Hazlitt

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Friendship
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Superstition
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The superstition in which we grew up,
Though we may recognize it, does not lose
Its power over us–Not all are free
Who make mock of their chains. – Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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It is bad luck to be superstitious. – Andrew W. Mathis

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Superstition

Superstition is an unreasoning fear of God. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Superstition is only the fear of belief, while religion is the confidence. – Marguerite Blessington

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The way to know life is to love many things. – Vincent Van Gogh

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I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. – Francis Bacon

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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself. – Michel de Montaigne

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Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor. – James Russell Lowell

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