A man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man. The instructed man is ashamed to pronounce in an orphic manner what everybody knows, and because he is silent people think he is making fun of them. They like a man who expresses their own superficial thoughts in a manner that appears to be profound. This enables them to feel that they are themselves profound.

Famous Quotes / Van Wyck Brooks

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Van Wyck Brooks: "A man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man. The instructed man is ashamed to pronounce in an orphic manner what everybody knows, and because he is silent people think he is making fun of them. They like a man who expresses their own superficial thoughts in a manner that appears to be profound. This enables them to feel that they are themselves profound."

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Appears	Ashamed	Because	Courage
Enables	Everybody	Expresses	Feel
Instructed	Knows	Making	Manner
Orphic	People	Platitudes	Profound
Pronounce	Silent	Successful	Superficial
Them	Themselves	Think	Thoughts

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A man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man. The instructed man is ashamed to pronounce in an orphic manner what everybody knows, and because he is silent people think he is making fun of them. They like a man who expresses their own superficial thoughts in a manner that appears to be profound. This enables them to feel that they are themselves profound. - Van Wyck Brooks