The small streams of gossip poured into the ears emerge as mighty cataracts out of the mouths.Paul Eldridge
We hate the hypocrite more keenly than the mere liar because the hypocrite adds to his lie the lacquer of flattery, which we are gullible enough to accept as tribute to our merit.Paul Eldridge
We cannot make a tiger eat grass by removing his teeth or turn a lamb into a bull by tying horns onto his head.Paul Eldridge
The jackass brays mightily but the forest does not tremble. The tiger's paw barely presses the fallen leaf, and all rush for shelter.Paul Eldridge
We free ourselves from the womb, but there is no knife sharp enough to cut the umbilical cord which binds us to our grave.Paul Eldridge
Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits.Paul Eldridge