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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.

William Hazlitt
Art, Knowledge, People
William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.42

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

William Hazlitt
Passion, Knowledge, Champion
William Hazlitt (1845). “Table Talk: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things”, p.178

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.

It is the vice of scholars to suppose that there is no knowledge in the world but that of books.

William Hazlitt
Book, Knowledge, Vices
William Hazlitt (1836). “Literary Remains of the Late William Hazlitt: Essays: On self-love. On the conduct of life: or, Advice to a school-boy. On the fine arts. The fight. On want of money. On the feeling of immortality in youth. The main-chance. The opera. Of persons one would wish to have seen. My first acquaintance with poets. The shyness of scholars. The Vatican. On the spirit of monarchy”, p.91

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