People are ridiculous only when they try or seem to be that which they are not

Quote by Giacomo Leopardi

Topics: Failure Quotes, People Quotes, Trying Quotes

Death is not evil, for it frees man from all ills and takes away his...

Death is not evil, for it frees man from all ills and takes away his...

No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life, and gets less, than intolerance.

No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life, and gets less, than intolerance.

Real misanthropes are not found in solitude, but in the world; since it is experience...

Real misanthropes are not found in solitude, but in the world; since it is experience...

There are some centuries which - apart from everything else - in the art and...

There are some centuries which - apart from everything else - in the art and...

Death is not evil, for it frees man from all ills and takes away his...

Death is not evil, for it frees man from all ills and takes away his...

No one is so completely disenchanted with the world, or knows it so thoroughly, or...

No one is so completely disenchanted with the world, or knows it so thoroughly, or...

Old age is the supreme evil, for it deprives man of all pleasures while allowing...

Old age is the supreme evil, for it deprives man of all pleasures while allowing...

Real misanthropes are not found in solitude, but in the world; since it is experience...

Real misanthropes are not found in solitude, but in the world; since it is experience...