William Hazlitt Quotes About Intelligence

Quotes about: Intelligence

• I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

  William Hazlitt

  Inspirational, Smart, Fall

• Rules and models destroy genius and art.

  William Hazlitt

  Art, Freedom, Teaching

  'Sketches and Essays' (1839) 'On Taste'

• Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

  William Hazlitt

  Education, Children, Ignorance

  William Hazlitt (1839). “Sketches and Essays”, p.83

• Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.

  William Hazlitt

  Humanity, Intelligence, Genius

  William Hazlitt (1859). “Table talk”, p.141

• If we wish to know the force of human genius, we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning, we may study his commentators.

  William Hazlitt

  Reading, Intelligence, Wish

  William Hazlitt (1924). “Essays”

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