What the crowd requires
is mediocrity of the highest order.
(Auguste Préault.)
Κατηγορία: Aphorisms
Amiel, «We become charlatans…»
We become charlatans without realizing it,
and actors without wanting to.
(Αmiel: Journal intime.)
Goethe, «Character…»
Character calls forth character.
(Goethe: Maxims and Reflections.)
Lichtenberg, «To do just the opposite…»
To do just the opposite
is also a form of imitation.
(Lichtenberg: Aphorisms.)
Stendhal, «One can acquire…»
One can acquire
anything in solitude
except character.
(Stendhal: Love.)
Walter Bagehot, «We all come down…»
We all come down to dinner,
but each has a room to himself.
(Walter Bagehot: Literary Studies.)
Vauvenargues, «No one likes…»
No one likes to be pitied for his faults.
(Vauvenargues: Reflections and Maxims.)
Marquis de la Grange, «When we ask advice…»
When we ask advice
we are usually looking
for an accomplice.
(Marquis de la Grange: Pensées.)
Dylan Thomas, «Somebody’s boring me…»
Somebody’s boring me …
I think it’s me.
(Dylan Thomas.)
Thomas Fuller, «A stumble…»
A stumble may prevent a fall.
(Thomas Fuller (II): Gnomologia.)