In all that surrounds him the egotist sees only the frame of his own portrait. – J. Petit-Senn Category: Humility
[H]e was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow. – George Eliot, Adam Bede Category: Humility
Ive been & am absurdly over-estimated. There are no supermen & Im quite ordinary, & will say so whatever the artistic results. In that point Im one of the few people who tell the truth about myself. – T. E. Lawrence Category: Truth
I can imagine a future in which real books will exist but in a more limited, particular way. – Susan Orlean Category: Future
In the best of relationships you have two people who cannot think of anything that was not part of the deal. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com Category: Relationships
All men, if they work not as in the great taskmasters eye, will work wrong, and work unhappily for themselves and for you. – Thomas Carlyle Category: Responsibility
