To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is read more

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.

I know who you are, and I am not impressed.

I know who you are, and I am not impressed.

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

People who worship only themselves get a slick, polished look -- like monuments. Too bad they had to go so read more

People who worship only themselves get a slick, polished look -- like monuments. Too bad they had to go so soon.

Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters.

Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters.