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Obscurity and competence: That is the life that is worth living.

Obscurity and competence: That is the life that is worth living.

by Mark Twain Found in: Obscurity Quotes,
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He shone with the greater splendor, because he was not seen.
[Lat., Eo magis praefulgebat quod non videbatur.]

He shone with the greater splendor, because he was not seen.
[Lat., Eo magis praefulgebat quod non videbatur.]

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It is better to be famous than notorious, but better to be notorious than obscure.

It is better to be famous than notorious, but better to be notorious than obscure.

by James K. Feibleman Found in: Obscurity Quotes,
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How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Obscurity Quotes,
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The palpable obscure.

The palpable obscure.

by John Milton Found in: Obscurity Quotes,
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Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honour as deserving real distinction are those who read more

Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honour as deserving real distinction are those who remain in obscurity.

by Thomas Hardy Found in: Obscurity Quotes,
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Like beauteous flowers which vainly waste their scent
Of odours in unhaunted deserts.

Like beauteous flowers which vainly waste their scent
Of odours in unhaunted deserts.

by Edward Chamberlayne Found in: Obscurity Quotes,
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Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

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Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.

Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.

by Thomas Gray Found in: Obscurity Quotes,
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