Make no display of your talents or attainments; for every one will clearly see, admire, and acknowledge them, so long as you cover them with the beautiful veil of modesty

Quote by Nathaniel Emmons

Topics: Talent Quotes

Selfishness is the root and source of all natural and oral evils.

Selfishness is the root and source of all natural and oral evils.

Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters

Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters

Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.

Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

For me, insanity is super sanity. The normal is psychotic. Normal means lack of imagination,...

For me, insanity is super sanity. The normal is psychotic. Normal means lack of imagination,...

Let's make the best of the situation / Before I finally go insane. / Please...

Let's make the best of the situation / Before I finally go insane. / Please...

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

The thoughts written on the walls of madhouses by their inmates might be worth publicizing.

The thoughts written on the walls of madhouses by their inmates might be worth publicizing.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

(Love) A temporary insanity curable by marriage.

(Love) A temporary insanity curable by marriage.

Insanity is hereditary; you can get it from your children

Insanity is hereditary; you can get it from your children

Insanity in individuals is something rare, but in groups, parties, nations and epochs it is...

Insanity in individuals is something rare, but in groups, parties, nations and epochs it is...

I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me.

I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me.

I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked...

I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked...

We humans do, when the cause is sufficient, spend our lives. We throw ourselves onto...

We humans do, when the cause is sufficient, spend our lives. We throw ourselves onto...

No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on the proper...

No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on the proper...

Insanity is doing the same thing in the same way & expecting a different outcome

Insanity is doing the same thing in the same way & expecting a different outcome

The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.

The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.