The thing is plain. All that men really understand is confined to a very small compass; to their daily affairs and experience; to what they have an opportunity to know and motives to study or practise. The rest is affectation and imposture.


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

William Hazlitt Quotes

The thing is plain. All that men really understand is confined to a very small compass; to their daily affairs and experience; to what they have an...

The thing is plain. All that men really understand is confined to a very small compass; to their daily affairs and experience; to what they have an...

The thing is plain. All that men really understand is confined to a very small compass; to their daily affairs and experience; to what they have an...

The thing is plain. All that men really understand is confined to a very small compass; to their daily affairs and experience; to what they have an...