The most sensible people to be met with in society are men of business and of the world, who argue from what they see and know, instead of spinning cobweb distinctions of what things ought to be.


"On the Ignorance of the Learned". - Table Talk: Essays On Men And Manners (1821-1822)

William Hazlitt Quotes

The most sensible people to be met with in society are men of business and of the world, who argue from what they see and know, instead of spinning...

The most sensible people to be met with in society are men of business and of the world, who argue from what they see and know, instead of spinning...

The most sensible people to be met with in society are men of business and of the world, who argue from what they see and know, instead of spinning...

The most sensible people to be met with in society are men of business and of the world, who argue from what they see and know, instead of spinning...