“The main trouble with being an honest man was that it lost you all your illusions.”
Source: From Here to Eternity
The Undivided Self (2004)
“The main trouble with being an honest man was that it lost you all your illusions.”
Source: From Here to Eternity
From a letter dated 19 October 1879, quoted by Bertram Dobell in The Laureate of Pessimism: A Sketch of the Life, and Character of James Thomson ("BV"); Author of the City of Dreadful Night (1910), p. 38
“Stand aloof from your own opinions; they seek to lure you with an illusive certainty.”
Source: Meditations in Wall Street (1940), p. 111
“Avoid teams at all cost. Keep your circle small. Never join a group that has a name.”
Source: When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl
“Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose”