Aggregate Quotes


Obscurity and competence: That is the life that is worth living. Mark Twain Obscurity 144
The growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistorical acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs. George Eliot Obscurity 87
More significant than the fact that poets write abstrusely, painters paint abstractly, and composers compose unintelligible music is that people should admire what they cannot understand; indeed, admire that which has no meaning or principle. Eric Hoffer Obscurity 82
Obscurity brings safety. Aesop Obscurity 76
Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood. Lionel Trilling Obscurity 74
The street to obscurity is paved with athletes who can perform great feats before friendly crowds. George Allen Obscurity 65
Obscurity is the realm of error. Marquis De Vauvenargues Obscurity 64
Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving real distinction are those who remain in obscurity. Thomas Hardy Obscurity 64
It is better to be looked over than overlooked. Mae West Obscurity 57

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