“Pretension almost always overdoes the original, and hence exposes itself”
Hosea Ballou
“If they can't swallow facts, let them eat fiction.”
Rain Bojangles
“A bizarre sensation pervades a relationship of pretense. No truth seems true. A simple morning's greeting and response appear loaded with innuendo and fraught with implications. Each nicety becomes more sterile and each withdrawal more permanent.”
Maya Angelou
“He flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices; and this pretension itself is a very great prejudice”
Anatole France
“Fear is the question. Love is the answer.”
“Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.”
Lao Tzu
“To err is human, but when the eraser wears out ahead of the pencil, you're overdoing it”
Josh Jenkins
