“Calmness, forbearance, candor, and soft speech—these virtues of the good are by the insolent taken for the effects of incompetency. The person who is self-laudatory, wicked, badly bold, and who publishes his own praise and metes out chastisement everywhere, is honored in the world. By moderation one cannot attain celebrity; by moderation one cannot obtain fame.” — Valmiki Ramayana, Yuddhakanda Sarga 21
Not even for fifteen minutes?
February 12th, 2012 · 2 Comments
Tags: The Ancients
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1 Averil Dean // Feb 12, 2012 at 4:41 pm
You could always land an airliner in the Hudson. . .
2 Tetman Callis // Feb 12, 2012 at 8:59 pm
Good point. I personally could not do that. I can’t say that I feel confident I will ever do anything approaching that.
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