What passes in the world for talent or dexterity or enterprise is often only a want of moral principle. We may succeed where others fail, not from a greater share of invention, but from not being nice in the choice of expedients.


Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt]. (ed. 1837)

William Hazlitt Quotes

What passes in the world for talent or dexterity or enterprise is often only a want of moral principle. We may succeed where others fail, not from a...

What passes in the world for talent or dexterity or enterprise is often only a want of moral principle. We may succeed where others fail, not from a...

What passes in the world for talent or dexterity or enterprise is often only a want of moral principle. We may succeed where others fail, not from a...

What passes in the world for talent or dexterity or enterprise is often only a want of moral principle. We may succeed where others fail, not from a...