Have The Courage To Be Ignorant Of

Have The Courage To Be Ignorant Of A Great Number Of Things, In Order To Avoid The Calamity Of Being Ignorant Of Everything.

The Main Question To A Novel Is -- Did It Amuse? Were You Surprised At Dinner Coming So Soon? Did You Mistake Eleven For Ten? Were You Too Late To Dress? And Did You Sit Up Beyond The Usual Hour? If A Novel Produces These Effects, It Is Good; If It Does Not -- Story, Language, Love, Scandal Itself Cannot Save It. It Is Only Meant To Please; And It Must Do That Or It Does Nothing.

[t]he 47th Proposition In Euclid Might Now Be Voted Down With As Much Ease As Any Proposition In Politics; And Therefore If Lord Hawkesbury Hates The Abstract Truths Of Science As Much As He Hates Concrete Truth In Human Affairs, Now Is His Time For Getting Rid Of The Multiplication Table, And Passing A Vote Of Censure Upon The Pretensions Of The Hypotenuse.

A Great Deal Of Talent Is Lost To The World For Want Of A Little Courage.

His Enemies Might Have Said Before That He Talked Rather Too Much; But Now He Has Occasional Flashes Of Silence, That Make His Conversation Perfectly Delightful.