“True glory strikes root, and even extends itself; all false pretensions fall as do flowers, nor can anything feigned be lasting.”
“In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire for respectability.”
“Pretend what we may, the whole man within us is at work when we form our philosophical opinions. Intellect, will, taste, and passion co-operate just as they do in practical affairs; and lucky it is if the passion be not something as petty as a love of personal conquest over the philosopher across the way.”
“The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.”
“Where there is much pretension, much has been borrowed: nature never pretends.”
“The more honesty a man has, the less he affects the air of a saint.”
Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.
