Matthew Bargas

“A good upbringing means not that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice it when someone else does.”
― Anton Chekhov

“The city was filled to overflowing with persons who had neither brains nor individuality, who bore no resemblance to men that live by bread, and had only their outward shape to distinguish them from sheep.”
― Lucian of Samosata

“That which you believe becomes your world.”
― Richard Matheson, What Dreams May Come

“Dissimulation is not fraud. It is an effort not to show things as they are. And it is a difficult effort: when we excel, others must not recognize our excellence. If someone were to become famous for his ability to disguise himself, as actors do, all would know that he is what he pretends to be. But concerning the true, excellent dissimulators, who have existed and exist still, we have no information.”
― Umberto Eco, The Island of the Day Before