Thursday, October 25, 2012

The Preacher

My preaching days are over. The good news is that no one listened to me.

In The True Believer, Eric Hoffer quotes Michel de Montaigne and I can do no better here:

"All I say is by way of discourse, and nothing by way of advice. I should not speak so boldly if it were my due to be believed."
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