"Bragging is often merely a ladder we build for ourselves out of words when we are afraid we are not tall enough in the eyes of the world. It is an unwitting confession to low self-esteem."

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Source : P. M. Forni (2010). “Choosing Civility: The Twenty-five Rules of Considerate Conduct”, p.62, Macmillan

P. M. Forni

#Self Esteem Quotes #Eye Quotes #Ladders Quotes

“When we choose to be parents, we accept another human being as part of ourselves, and a large part of our emotional selves will stay with that person as long as we live. From that time on, there will be another person on this earth whose orbit around us will affect us as surely as the moon affects the tides, and affect us in some ways more deeply than anyone else can. Our children are extensions of ourselves.”
“The greatest intellectual capacities are only found in connection with a vehement and passionate will.”
“A piece of art is a compact form of the universe.”
“Life is a life-long assignment that must be constantly analyzed, clarified, figured out, and responded to appropriately.”

Source : Chip Kidd (2008). “The Learners: A Novel”, p.4, Simon and Schuster
“It is a proof of our natural bias to evil, that gain is slower and harder than loss in all things good; but in all things bad getting is quicker and easier than getting rid of.”
“Time was away and somewhere else, There were two glasses and two chairs And two people with one pulse.”

Source : 'Meeting Point'
“Men indulge those opinions and practices that favor their pretensions.”
“From a purely tourist standpoint, Oxford is overpowering, being so replete with architecture and history and anecdote that the visitor's mind feels dribbling and helpless, as with an over-large mouthful of nougat.”

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