The Art of Worldly Wisdom(101)

2010-12-14 21:44| 发布者: Shurly| 查看: 662| 评论: 0

One half of the World laughs at the other, and Fools are they all. Everything is good or everything is bad according to the votes they gain. What one pursues another persecutes. He is an insufferable ass who would regulate everything according to his ideas. Excellences do not depend on a single man's pleasure. So many people, so many tastes, all different. There is no defect which is not affected by some, we need not lose heart if something does not please someone, for others will appreciate it; nor need their applause turn our head, for there will surely be others to condemn it. The real test of praise is the approbation of famous people and of experts in the field. You should aim to be independent of any one opinion, of any one fashion, of any one century.