Book: Idle thoughts of an idle man

Love, hate and contempt that shy people always feel particularly deep, not spill out and rot, poisoning him from the inside and turning into a misanthrope and cynic.

A shy person is inevitably lonely, cut off from friendship and communication. His soul is full of love and longing, but the world doesn't know about it. The iron mask of shyness is firmly rooted to his face, and beneath it not see a man.

The shy man is not to be envied: men dislike him, women despise, and he dislikes and despises at the same time. To shyness impossible to get, and only time can heal this disease.

Alas! Unfortunately, life changes us all. The world is like a horrible slaughter, which put the freshness, purity and radiance, and get something battered, grumpy and wrinkled. <...> Oh, how delightful the energy of youth!

We like all stupid. Men hate intelligent women, and for women the ideal man who she can call "my lovely fool". How nice to meet someone dumber than himself! Because of their stupidity, we once imbued them with sympathy. Smart guy, must be hard to live in this world. Ordinary people dislike them, and the brothers in mind hate each other from the heart.

To the ambitious man life is a great game; the game is very challenging, full of self-control and tact; a game in which in the end wins the one with a keen eye and a steady hand, though full of random, which gives it an excellent flavor of unpredictability. And if he is defeated, the reward to him the very joy of fight; though he lost the race, but at least took part in it. <...> It is better to do something and fail, than waking life.

In this world have to be a plaintiff seeking indemnification: ask ten times more that are willing to accept. <...> But if you are able to make do with less, ask more. Otherwise, you will not get anything.

The woman has no business in love with her before he lost interest, and likewise, until you snap your fingers under the noses of Fortune, and will not turn my back to her, she won't smile at you. And by the time you have all the same, she smiles or frowns. What did it cost her to smile when that smile could carry you to the top of bliss! In this world, everything happens too late. Virtuous people saying it should be, because it proves the sinfulness of ambition.

In life we are interested in the smallest details, and not great things.

I love a fierce struggle, I like to watch her, like to hear about people who have succeeded - but only by honest and brave, and not due to luck or above. <...> After all, the life clash, is also an incredible feat.

After all, the honor - not that other, as the highest form of vanity. <...> The conceited snobs. But vain and heroes.

Every ambition is nothing like refined vanity. We want to win praise and admiration, as we say - glory, and here we are writing clever books, draw beautiful pictures, sing a touching song and inspiring work at the Desk, at the bench or in the lab.

As for love, without flattery she is just unthinkable. <...> Now imagine a man who, speaking in love, essentially a single step does not deviate from the truth, says not one compliment, not permitting himself no preuvelicheniya and scrupulously sticks to the facts.

Vanity - that bestowed by nature a trait that unites the whole world.