"If we wish to know the force of human genius we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning we may study his commentators."

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Poets from EnglandPlaywrights from EnglandActors from EnglandPoets from the United KingdomShakespeare
Original Language: English

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William Hazlitt, Table Talk, On the Ignorance of the Learned.

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William Hazlitt, Table Talk, On the Ignorance of the Learned.