Quote by William Hazlitt
If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shake

If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning, we may study his commentators. – William Hazlitt

Other quotes by William Hazlitt

The seat of knowledge is in the head of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right. – William Hazlitt

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Knowledge
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I hate to be near the sea, and to hear it raging and roaring like a wild beast in its den. It puts me in mind of the everlasting efforts of the human mind, struggling to be free and ending just where it began. – William Hazlitt

Category:
Curmudgeonesque
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Other Quotes from
Learning
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I took the process of doing as much myself as I could like a duck to water. I set up my own label and publishing, etc, and it was a fun learning curve two decades ago. – David Knopfler

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Learning

Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. – Abigail Adams

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Learning

Teaching is the royal road to learning. – Jessamyn West

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Learning

I learned what I need to do in the long jump, what I needed to do in the javelin and Ive been able to rectify those events. Its been a bit of a learning curve, which is good. – Jessica Ennis

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Learning

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Knock on the sky and listen to the sound. – Zen Saying

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Philosophical

And gain is gain, however small. – Robert Browning

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Profit

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer. – George Smith Patton

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Courage

There’s a hidden sweetness in the stomach’s emptiness. We are lutes, no more, no less. If the soundbox is stuffed full of anything, no music…. When you’re full of food and drink, Satan sits where your spirit should…. – Rumi

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Rumi