Book: Autobiography. Page 1

We generally remain as they were three, six, ten or twenty years. In six or seven years character is manifested even more clearly, because at this age, our behavior is almost devoid of pretense, and in twenty we have already put on a kind of mask, pretend to be someone else- depending on what is fashionable at the moment. If in the fashion of intellectualism, we become intellectuals; if among girls popular levity and frivolity, we become giddy and frivolous. Over the years, however, tired of playing the role of invented and more and more back to himself, recovering its own personality. This sometimes embarrasses others, but the man himself brings a great relief.