“Giraldus, garrulous, egotistic, spiteful, as he is, makes us half forget his faults in the endless instruction, the endless amusement, of his pages.”
Edward A Freeman The History of the Norman Conquest of England Vol. 5 (1876) p. 579.
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Source: Information Systems (1973), p. 1.
“One should never forget, that society would rather be amused than instructed.”
Vor allen Dingen soll man nie vergessen, daß die Gesellschaft lieber unterhalten, als unterrichtet sein will.
Variant translation: Above all, we should never forget that society would prefer to be entertained, than taught.
Über den Umgang mit Menschen (1788)
Source: Epigrams, p. 364
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 131.
“The truth about us is endless. As are the lies.”
The Human Stain (2000)
Context: There is truth and then again there is truth. For all that the world is full of people who go around believing they've got you or your neighbor figured out, there really is no bottom to what is not known. The truth about us is endless. As are the lies.
“It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.”
