By all those, who are not much acquainted with him, he was considered infinitely below his level; he put no price upon himself, an...d consequently went at an undervalue; for the world is complaisant or dupe enough, to give every man the price he sets upon himself, provided it be not insolently and overbearingly demanded. It turns upon the manner of asking.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The dupe of friendship, and the fool of love; have I not reason to hate and to despise myself? Indeed I do; and chiefly for not ha...ving hated and despised the world enough.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Pity him, this dupe of dream, Leader of the herd again... Only in his daft old brain, Once again the bull supreme And bull enough to bear the part Only in his tameless heart.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Man is the yokel par excellence, the booby unmatchable, the king dupe of the cosmos. He is chronically and unescapably deceived, n...ot only by the other animals and by the delusive face of nature herself--by his incomparable talent for searching out and embracing what is false, and for overlooking and denying what is true.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »