Quotes by Hugh Blair
“Of all the follies incident to youth, there are none which either deform its present appearance, or blast the prospect of its future prosperity, more than self-conceit, presumption, and obstinacy.”— Hugh Blair
“True gentleness is founded on a sense of what we owe to him who made us and to the common nature of which we all share.”— Hugh Blair
“He that is truly polite knows how to contradict with respect, and to please without adulation.”— Hugh Blair
“Nothing is so great an instance of ill-manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one or two, you offend the rest.”— Hugh Blair
“Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, 'tis being flayed alive.”— Hugh Blair
“A mediocrity of fortune, with a gentleness of mind, will preserve us from fear or envy.”— Hugh Blair
“The contentment of our minds does not arise from the greatness of our possessions, but from the smallness of our wants.”— Hugh Blair
“A decent and manly examination of the acts of government should be not only tolerated, but encouraged.”— Hugh Blair
“True friendship is a divine and spiritual relation of minds; a union of souls, a harmony of designs and affections.”— Hugh Blair
“The great source of all the errors in refining upon character is the judging of others by ourselves.”— Hugh Blair
“Order is the sanity of the mind, the health of the body, the peace of the city, the security of the state.”— Hugh Blair