William Hazlitt Quotes
To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.
Hazlitt, William. Characteristics: In the Manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims. Simpkin and Marshall, 1823.
Bacon argued that only personal experience or experiment would remove doubt.
Any politician who is absolutely sure of anything he/she advocates has got to be ignorant of many of the facts and concepts about the subject. Certainty is an extreme form of hubris.
Spinoza’s ideas were considered so radical and dangerous that he was the only man in history who was excommunicated by the Catholics, the Jews and the Muslims.
William Hazlitt was an English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher. He is now considered one of the greatest critics and essayists in the history of the English language, placed in the company of Samuel Johnson and George Orwell. He is also acknowledged as the finest art critic of his age. Despite his high standing among historians of literature and art, his work is currently little read and mostly out of print.
