No good book or good thing of any kind shows it best face at first. No the most common quality of in a true work of art that has excellence and depth, is that at first sight it produces a certain disappointment.
Thomas CarlyleOne is weary of hearing about the omnipotence of money. I will say rather that, for a genuine man, it is not evil to be poor.
Thomas CarlylePerfect ignorance is quiet, perfect knowledge is quiet; not so the transition from the former to the latter.
Thomas Carlyle