Quotes by Obscurity Well has he lived who has lived well in obscurity. Ovid obscuritywellssolitude He who has lived obscurely and quietly has lived well. Ovid obscuritywells If it took Labouchere three columns to prove that I was forgotten, then there is no difference between fame and obscurity. Oscar Wilde obscuritydifferencesthree A government official is a man who has risen from obscurity to something worse. Pat Robertson risenobscuritymen John Major is what he is: a man from nowhere, going nowhere, heading for a well-merited obscurity as fast as his mediocre talents can carry him. Paul Johnson obscuritypoliticalmen The line between greatness and obscurity is very, very small. Peabo Bryson obscuritylinesgreatness I seem to have emerged from the relative obscurity of TV. Peter Webber relativeobscuritytvs How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity. Plautus obscurityhighesttalent Learn to be pleased with everything, with wealth so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for not having much to care for; and with obscurity, for being unenvied. Plutarch obscuritycontentmentbalance How often we see the greatest genius buried in obscurity! Plautus buriedobscuritygenius Many things prevent knowledge, including the obscurity of the subject and the brevity of human life Protagoras brevityhuman-lifeobscurity As touching the gods, I do not know whether they exist or not, nor how they are featured; for there is much to prevent our knowing: the obscurity of the subject and the brevity of human life. Protagoras obscuritytouchingknowing The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity. Quintilian obscurityproportionincapacity The soul languishing in obscurity contracts a kind of rust, or abandons itself to the chimera of presumption; for it is natural for it to acquire something, even when separated from any one. Quintilian rustobscuritysoul If we were in the habit of reading poets their obscurity would not matter; and, once we are out of the habit, their clarity does not help. Randall Jarrell obscurityreadingdoe Obscurity is never a virtue. Roald Dahl obscurityvirtue Obscurity is the refuge of incompetence. Robert A. Heinlein incompetenceobscurityrefuge It's up to the artist to use language that can be understood, not hide it in some private code. Most of these jokers don't even want to use language you and I know or can learn . . . they would rather sneer at us and be smug, because we 'fail' to see what they are driving at. If indeed they are driving at anything--obscurity is usually the refuge of incompetence. Robert A. Heinlein obscurityartistuse It's up to the artist to use language that can be understood, not hide it in some private code... obscurity is usually the refuge of incompetence. Robert A. Heinlein obscurityartistuse A man will work and slave in obscurity for ten years and then become famous in ten minutes. Robert Ripley obscuritymenyears«1234567»
