Quote by Mark Twain
Obscurity and competence: That is the life that is worth living. -

Obscurity and competence: That is the life that is worth living. – Mark Twain

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My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. – Mark Twain

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Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving real distinction are those who remain in obscurity. – Thomas Hardy

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More significant than the fact that poets write abstrusely, painters paint abstractly, and composers compose unintelligible music is that people should admire what they cannot understand; indeed, admire that which has no meaning or principle. – Eric Hoffer

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Obscurity brings safety. – Aesop

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Obscurity is the realm of error. – Marquis De Vauvenargues

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