Self-Deprecating Sayings

I am not born for one corner; my country is this whole world.

I have always observed that to succeed in the world, one has to seem a fool, but be wise.

The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason. I have never used any other, and I trust I never shall.

I am not arguing for the rights of women but for the rights of humanity.

We are told that an Indian cannot be made to feel a slight. I confess I have never found an Indian who could not.

I am not primarily an advocate of capitalism, but of egoism; and I am not primarily an advocate of egoism, but of reason.

I have nothing. Therefore, I am always rich.

The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only thing that makes one happy is to love and be loved.

The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know.

Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark, For the straightforward pathway had been lost.

I am an old man, and I have had many troubles, but most of them never happened.

I have been so beset, and so worried, and so torn by the anxiety of this new book, that I have been made ill by it.

I have been so much amused by the present style of female dress, that I am determined to have some of the most ridiculous of my own.

If I am to die, I will die laughing.

I have been so completely absorbed in myself, that I have forgotten to live.

I am sorry that I have not been able to write to you more often, but I have been very busy, and I am also very lazy.

As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.

I am not a pacifist.

I was a modest, good-humored boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable.

I had a lot of things to prove to myself. One was that I could live without a drink.