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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure.

Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure.

Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.

Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches...

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches...