The insolence of the vulgar is in proportion to their ignorance. They …

William Hazlitt
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The insolence of the vulgar is in proportion to their ignorance. They treat everything with contempt which they do not understand. ✨ William Hazlitt (1837). Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt]., p.118
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The insolence of the vulgar is in proportion to their ignorance. They treat everything with contempt which they do not understand. ✨ William Hazlitt (1837). Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt]., p.118

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