Accidents Quote by William Hazlitt

Prejudices are what rule the vulgar crowd.

— Voltaire

Prejudices of all kinds have their strongest holds in the minds of the vulgar and the ignorant.

— Lydia M. Child

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

— Oscar Wilde

The insolence of the vulgar is in proportion to their ignorance. They treat everything with contempt which they do not understand.

— William Hazlitt

What is prejudice? An opinion, which is not based upon reason; a judgment, without having heard the argument; a feeling, without being able to…

— Carrie Chapman Catt

“It is well known, that, in all questions submitted to the understanding, prejudice is destructive of sound judgment, and perverts all operations of the…

— David Hume

Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.

— Baron de Montesquieu

To be prejudiced is the privilege of the thinking human being. ... The open mind is the empty mind.

— Rose Macaulay

“But to minds strongly marked by the positive and negative qualities that create severity,— strength of will, conscious rectitude of purpose, narrowness of imagination…

— George Eliot

There is a fine line between sensuousness and vulgarity. I will not cross that line.

— Jasmin Bhasin

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

— Voltaire

Vulgarity finds its antidote; old crudities become softened with time. Distinctions, both those that are useful and those that are burdensome, flourish and die,…

— Robert Burchfield