Self-Deprecating Sayings

In order to stir up others, I have myself been obliged to become a wanderer.

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.

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.

I have spent my time in writing, and have not been a man of action.

I am not satisfied with what I have done; I want to do more.

When I am traveling, I cannot look at the sky or the trees or anything that is beautiful, for I am thinking of nothing but my music.

I play the notes as I feel them, and if I don't feel them, I don't play them.

I have been in this country a little too long to be deceived by the cry of liberty.

Whatever defamation of character my enemies are spreading about me, I do not feel the need to justify myself toward them. While discretion obliges me to remain silent, my duty compels me to prevent them from doing any more harm.

I am not one of those who think that the people are never in the wrong. They have been so, frequently and outrageously, both in other countries and in this.