Misanthropy Quotes - Page 3

• Regardless of its causes, thoughtlessly blaming the present is a weakness which, even if it is never outlawed, ought to be resisted. Though commonly flaunted as a sign of sophistication, it can be an opportunity for one-upmanship and an excuse for misanthropy, especially against the young.

  Steven Pinker

  Opportunity, Weakness, Causes

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• Landscape painting is the obvious resource of misanthropy.

  William Hazlitt

  Landscape Painting, Resources, Obvious

  William Hazlitt (1844). “Criticisms on Art”, p.233

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