In a room full of people socializing you’ll never see the beginnings, more often see the middle and you’ won’t see the end; as it ends elsewhere, the beginnings are somewhere else and the middles are just inscrutable.
On a basic level casual conversation is to do with people subtly agreeing with each other while they’re about it; which is a ruthless purpose that should be pursued unmercifully, at least if people wish to be sociable about it.
As you’ve only got one life you surely don’t let anybody muck it up for you, as it’s quite irreplaceable; but first, you’ve got to notice the difference in emphasis.
To divest oneself of an irritating friend is a mark of the intelligent social climber. In which case by word and deed you are best know to your peers.
In time, most middle class people will get accustomed to the advantages of affluence; however, too much drives them wild, as they don’t know what to do with themselves anymore.
If nobody likes you it’s only fair not to like anybody else either, and so in that way everybody will dislike you all the more.
It is safe to say that all men act with the image of their mortality in mind; however, this is far from saying that this is apparent in their actions.
One of the most difficult things in life is asking the right questions about life; and it gets more difficult as you go along.
You should never let any members of your family betray you without asking what exactly they think they’re doing; while once they’ve explained it to you then it’s all right to carry on.
Their unqualified opinion of you in relation to what they are is generally what people see you as being, even if it’s an undeserved opinion.
Those who avoid minor obligations for the sake of convenience are doing themselves an injury, as it is right to face that music sometimes just to see how it sounds.
Be the sort of person who never insults anyone in a casual conversation and you’ll probably never realize that you’re doing it.
To deceive the deceiver, fist of all you have to make your deceptions believable.
You do as you’re told because if you don’t do as you’re told you’ll be told what to do.
Observe your mistakes closely: you can learn how to make them better.
One constant about being out on a limb is that it will look easier to jump, than to work your way back to safety.
About Me
- Drew Byrne
- Basically, I am someone interested in quotations, those mainly being of an aphoristic form; consequently, I have collected many examples together over the years, ones which I most liked, warmed to, or appreciated. Although most of these I cannot really now recall without looking them up, and so I supppose are not of much use except as written ornaments to an inefficient memory, but so it goes. I am interested in archaeology, history, and antiques, although not as much as I once was. Philosophy, also, has interested me from time to time, although I never learned much about it. It has been said (although certainly not by me) that “in time, most men become philosophers, although not particularly good ones.” I can say without much hesitation that that I am one of these fellows.
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