Obscurity

Famous quotes containing the word obscurity:

“My English text is chaste, and all licentious passages are left in the obscurity of a learned language.”
—Edward Gibbon (1737–1794)

“Nominee. A modest gentleman shrinking from the distinction of private life and diligently seeking the honorable obscurity of public office.”
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)

“Fame is fickle, but Obscurity is usually faithful to the end.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)