Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitu…

William Hazlitt
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Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for true knowledge. Books are less often made use of as spectacles to look at nature with, than as blinds to keep out its strong light and shifting scenery from weak eyes and indolent dispositions. The learned are mere literary drudges. ✨ William Hazlitt (2015). Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated), p.1091, Delphi Classics
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