We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them.

Quote by Gerald Brenan

Topics: Confession Quotes

You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but in business...

You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but in business...

A healthy old fellow, who is not a fool, is the happiest creature living.

A healthy old fellow, who is not a fool, is the happiest creature living.

Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions.

Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions.

Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being...

Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being...

What's wrong with being a boring kind of guy?

What's wrong with being a boring kind of guy?

In a happy marriage it is the wife who provides the climate, the husband the...

In a happy marriage it is the wife who provides the climate, the husband the...

We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous...

We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous...

Intellectuals are people who believe that ideas are of more importance than values. That is...

Intellectuals are people who believe that ideas are of more importance than values. That is...

Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is...

Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is...

The cliche is dead poetry.

The cliche is dead poetry.

You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but in business...

You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but in business...

Middle age snuffs out more talent than even wars or sudden death does.

Middle age snuffs out more talent than even wars or sudden death does.

Miller is not really a writer but a non-stop talker to whom someone has given...

Miller is not really a writer but a non-stop talker to whom someone has given...

As I get older I seem to believe less and less and yet to believe...

As I get older I seem to believe less and less and yet to believe...

If you wish to be brothers, let the arms fall from your hands. One cannot...

If you wish to be brothers, let the arms fall from your hands. One cannot...

We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure...

We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure...

I am thirty-three - the age of the good Sans-culotte Jesus; an age fatal to...

I am thirty-three - the age of the good Sans-culotte Jesus; an age fatal to...

I smoke ten to fifteen cigars a day. At my age I have to hold...

I smoke ten to fifteen cigars a day. At my age I have to hold...

I venerate old age; and I love not the man who can look without emotion...

I venerate old age; and I love not the man who can look without emotion...

But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by...

But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by...