William Hazlitt Quote

We all wear some disguise — make some professions — use some artifice to set ourselves off as being better than we are; and yet it is not denied that we have some good intentions and praiseworthy qualities at bottom, though we may endeavour to keep some others that we think less to our credit as much as possible in the background…


"On Cant and Hypocrisy". - Men and Manners: Sketches and Essays (1852)


We all wear some disguise — make some professions — use some artifice to set ourselves off as being better than we are; and yet it is not denied...

We all wear some disguise — make some professions — use some artifice to set ourselves off as being better than we are; and yet it is not denied...

We all wear some disguise — make some professions — use some artifice to set ourselves off as being better than we are; and yet it is not denied...

We all wear some disguise — make some professions — use some artifice to set ourselves off as being better than we are; and yet it is not denied...