The mere understanding, however useful and indispensable, is the meanest faculty in the human mind and the most to be distrusted.


De Quincey's Writings: Miscellaneous essays. 1851 (ed. 1851)

Thomas De Quincey Quotes

The mere understanding, however useful and indispensable, is the meanest faculty in the human mind and the most to be distrusted.

The mere understanding, however useful and indispensable, is the meanest faculty in the human mind and the most to be distrusted.

The mere understanding, however useful and indispensable, is the meanest faculty in the human mind and the most to be distrusted.

The mere understanding, however useful and indispensable, is the meanest faculty in the human mind and the most to be distrusted.