Up to a certain point
every man is what he thinks he is.
(F. H. Bradley: Aphorisms.)
Κατηγορία: Aphorisms
Jules Renard, «Modesty…»
There is false modesty,
but there is no false pride.
(Jules Renard: Journal.)
Hannah Cowley, «Vanity…»
Vanity, like murder, will out.
(Hannah Cowley: The Belle’s Stratagem)
La Rochefoucauld, «Self-love…»
Self-love is subtler
than the subtlest man
in the world.
(La Rochefoucauld: Maxims.)
Henry David Thoreau, «More anxious…»
We are more anxious to speak
than to be heard…
(Henry David Thoreau: Journal.)
Αrchbishop Whately, «To know…»
To know your ruling passion,
examine your castles in the air.
(Αrchbishop Whately: Apophthegms.)
Goethe, «Everything…»
Everything that is alive
forms an atmosphere
around itself.
(Goethe: Maxims and Reflections)
Einstein, «I am enough…»
I am enough of an artist
to draw freely
upon my imagination.
(Einstein: From interview.)
Laplace, «Man follows…»
Man follows only phantoms.
(Laplace.)
Laplace, «The last thing…»
The last thing we expect of you,
General, is a lesson in geometry!
(Laplace to Napoleon.)