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The ignorance of the world leaves one at the mercy of its malice.

The ignorance of the world leaves one at the mercy of its malice.

William Hazlitt
Ignorance, Evil, Wickedness
William Hazlitt (1845). “Table Talk: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things”, p.128

The origin of all science is the desire to know causes, and the origin of all false science is the desire to accept false causes rather than none; or, which is the same thing, in the unwillingness to acknowledge our own ignorance.

William Hazlitt
Ignorance, Knowledge, Science
1829 In The Atlas, 15 Feb.

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

William Hazlitt
Education, Children, Ignorance
William Hazlitt (1839). “Sketches and Essays”, p.83

The insolence of the vulgar is in proportion to their ignorance. They treat everything with contempt which they do not understand.

William Hazlitt
Ignorance, Insolence, Treats
William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.118

Wonder at the first sight of works of art may be the effect of ignorance and novelty; but real admiration and permanent delight in them are the growth of taste and knowledge.

William Hazlitt
Art, Real, Ignorance
William Hazlitt (1821). “Table-talk: Or Original Essays”, p.37

Vulgar prejudices are those which arise out of accident, ignorance, or authority; natural prejudices are those which arise out of the constitution of the human mind itself.

William Hazlitt
Ignorance, Mind, Prejudice
William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.56

I maintain that there is no common language or medium of understanding between people of education and without it - between those who judge of things from books or from their senses. Ignorance has so far the advantage over learning; for it can make an appeal to you from what you know; but you cannot re-act upon it through that which it is a perfect stranger to. Ignorance is, therefore, power.

William Hazlitt
Book, Ignorance, People
William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.2452, Delphi Classics

There are many who talk on from ignorance rather than from knowledge, and who find the former an inexhaustible fund of conversation.

William Hazlitt
Ignorance, Ignorant, Conversation
William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.77

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