“To deceive gracefully is the very essence of social life. One must start by deceiving oneself, and make a lifelong practice of deceiving others; if one does it well enough, in time one might even become an artist, the greatest illusionists of all.” IfsWellsDoeEnoughMightArtistSocialPracticeEssenceOneselfDeceptionDeceivingLifelongSocial LifeIllusionistsDeceiving Others Book:The Mottled Lizard Source: The Mottled Lizard
“The best way to find out things, if you come to think of it, is not to ask questions at all. If you fire off a question, it is like firing off a gun; bang it goes, and everything takes flight and runs for shelter. But if you sit quite still and pretend not to be looking, all the little facts will come and peck round your feet, situations will venture forth from thickets and intentions will creep out and sun themselves on a stone; and if you are very patient, you will see and understand a great deal more than a man with a gun.” IfsThinkingMenWayLittlesStillsFactsRunningAsksDealsSituationSunFireFeetGunStonesIntentionPatientRoundsBest WayFlightShelterVentureBangsCreepsFiringThickets Book:The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood Source: The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood
