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Profession Quotes by William Hazlitt
- First impressions are often the truest, as we find (not infrequently) to our cost, when we have been wheedled out of them by plausible professions…
- We all wear some disguise, make some professions, use some artifice, to set ourselves off as being better than we are; and yet it is…
- That humanity and sincerity which dispose men to resist injustice and tyranny render them unfit to cope with the cunning and power of those who…
- People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they work in it because they excel.
- 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…
- The world loves to be amused by hollow professions, to be deceived by flattering appearances, to live in a state of hallucination; and can forgive…
More Profession Quotes
- Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- To those who have chosen the profession of medicine, a knowledge of chemistry, and of some branches of natural history, and, indeed,… — Charles Babbage
- Stardom isn't a profession, it's an accident. — Lauren Bacall
- Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith. — Lord Acton
- The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side. — James A. Baldwin
- Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds. — Henry Adams
- No wedding bells for me anymore. I've been happily married to my profession for years. — Shirley Bassey
- To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice. — Henry Ward Beecher
- I think one of the greatest joys I have now in my career and in my profession is to be playing at… — Andre Agassi
- I wasn't funny as a kid. I remember enjoying comedians, but I never understood it was a job choice or a profession. — Elayne Boosler
- The cooking profession, while it's a noble craft and a noble calling, 'cause you're doing something useful - you're feeding people, you're… — Anthony Bourdain
- It is unrealistic to expect an entire profession to be completely good. There are bound to be some individuals who are stressed,… — Jo Brand