Quotes by Obscurity Well has he lived who has lived well in obscurity. Ovid obscurity wells solitude He who has lived obscurely and quietly has lived well. Ovid obscurity wells If it took Labouchere three columns to prove that I was forgotten, then there is no difference between fame and obscurity. Oscar Wilde obscurity differences three A government official is a man who has risen from obscurity to something worse. Pat Robertson risen obscurity men 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 obscurity political men The line between greatness and obscurity is very, very small. Peabo Bryson obscurity lines greatness I seem to have emerged from the relative obscurity of TV. Peter Webber relative obscurity tvs How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity. Plautus obscurity highest talent 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 obscurity contentment balance How often we see the greatest genius buried in obscurity! Plautus buried obscurity genius Many things prevent knowledge, including the obscurity of the subject and the brevity of human life Protagoras brevity human-life obscurity 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 obscurity touching knowing The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity. Quintilian obscurity proportion incapacity 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 rust obscurity soul 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 obscurity reading doe Obscurity is never a virtue. Roald Dahl obscurity virtue Obscurity is the refuge of incompetence. Robert A. Heinlein incompetence obscurity refuge 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 obscurity artist use 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 obscurity artist use A man will work and slave in obscurity for ten years and then become famous in ten minutes. Robert Ripley obscurity men years «1234567»