Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it by hiding

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it by hiding

The rule seems to be that those who find no difficulty in deceiving themselves are easily deceived by others. They read more

The rule seems to be that those who find no difficulty in deceiving themselves are easily deceived by others. They are easily persuaded and led.

The classes and the masses.

The classes and the masses.

The supreme irony of life is that no one gets out of it alive.

The supreme irony of life is that no one gets out of it alive.

People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do.

People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do.

Rejoicing not in the many but in the probity of the few, we toil for truth alone.

Rejoicing not in the many but in the probity of the few, we toil for truth alone.

It is not at all simple to understand the simple.

It is not at all simple to understand the simple.

He might have proved a useful adjunct, if not an ornament to
society.

He might have proved a useful adjunct, if not an ornament to
society.

...each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it read more

...each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late.