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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

The cliche is dead poetry.

The cliche is dead poetry.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog...

Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog...

Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with...

Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with...

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture...

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture...

Pleasure must succeed to pleasure, else past pleasure turns to pain

Pleasure must succeed to pleasure, else past pleasure turns to pain