"The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of ourselves by the same test: for it is on that on which our success in life depends."
― William Hazlitt
Topic(s):
Politics
More From William Hazlitt
- "The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars the scholar of nature."
- "The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right."
- "Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people’s weaknesses."