He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.
George Eliot (1819 - 1880)
British novelist.
There are those who conceive themselves since the day of youth as excellent, A-OK, incomparable. There are those who had just developed the air because they were recognized, or appreciated by a number. There are those who live simply even with the knowledge that they already belong to the superlative.
The trendy is drunk with fame and success. Then forget that they were once being sniffed at because they belonged to the common group. They become so full of themselves. Like horse flies who feed on the blood of animals and bit painfully.
Tsk. As J. Conrad said, ‘Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory.’ The well-liked virtuoso forgets and confines himself in a nutshell of hidden flaws. To forget the not-so-special category is one aim and to believe in a myth is another.
Do not pit against. Be careful with your words. That would harm the reputation.
I remember. It is their businesses not mine.
George Eliot (1819 - 1880)
British novelist.
There are those who conceive themselves since the day of youth as excellent, A-OK, incomparable. There are those who had just developed the air because they were recognized, or appreciated by a number. There are those who live simply even with the knowledge that they already belong to the superlative.
The trendy is drunk with fame and success. Then forget that they were once being sniffed at because they belonged to the common group. They become so full of themselves. Like horse flies who feed on the blood of animals and bit painfully.
Tsk. As J. Conrad said, ‘Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory.’ The well-liked virtuoso forgets and confines himself in a nutshell of hidden flaws. To forget the not-so-special category is one aim and to believe in a myth is another.
Do not pit against. Be careful with your words. That would harm the reputation.
I remember. It is their businesses not mine.
Happy New Year to you and your family. All the best in 2006
ReplyDeletehi, Agring! happy new year to you and to your family, too!
ReplyDeleteI've known a lot of people who are like that and I pity them...No,actually I despise them. But that's just me.... :D
ReplyDeleteFame recognizes rightful benefactors, although sometimes, it requires the hand of time for it to prosper. On the other hand is notoriety. It is fast and unyielding in its rise albeit, easily discovered, and trashed to its rightful place.
ReplyDeleteThroughout history, the grandeur we rejoice as testaments of our glory owes to the notorious. The Great Pyramids, the Wall of China, the Taj Mahal, for example, are accomplishments of presumably ruthless characters of their time. Yet today, we embrace their legacies as greatness, as peoples of this world.
Somebody up there has a sense of humor too profound to understand.
wika nga nila
ReplyDelete"NEVER BELIEVE YOUR OWN PRESS RELEASE."
hi, snglguy. the way we regard them, actually, is of no importance to them that are engulfed in the sea of popularity. 'what do i care?' they would think..
ReplyDeletei agree that it is for the rightful benefactors, nony. and you are right, too, in your observation that notoriety is a crowd gatherer, or it attracts attention. part of the humor really is extremes gaining approval of many. not that i envy but i am quite puzzled.
ha ha ha, ok yun, TK, a.
I was kinda giggling when I read your post Bing. We have a lady friend who’s so self-centered to the point of being funny. This woman is fifty and much older than my wife and just the other day she asked unabashedly my wife over the phone – mukhang mayaman ba ako? Do I look like a rich woman because that’s what some of my friends think of me. Good gracious! Sometime ago, she told my wife that her officemates mistake her as a mother of a toddler. Gosh.. I really think some people are obsessed with fame and adulation that they can’t wait to be praised! Self promotion seems to be her passion. I was joking with my wife that it’s probably a cover up for her shortcomings in her choice of a husband…ouch…
ReplyDeleteThe story didn’t end there. At a restaurant during a christening reception of one of our friend’s child, she was cuddling one of the cutie babies in the crowd when an acquaintance asked her so innocently – is that your grandchild? She blushed and curtly replied – hell no! She told my wife later that she was so incensed by the man’s dimwitted and illogical question and vowed she will NEVER speak to him again. LOL ! I was tickled pink laughing when I my wife told me this story.
now, your comments made me laugh, ,LOL
ReplyDeleteive met some people who cannot wait to be praised. we have this prodn manager in the company i am currently working for. i dont know what the motive is but he once related his experience with a girl and told us (me and a supervisor friend) that he had a girl who had 30 orgasms in an hour with him. i really thought he was a goddamn windbag and we were laughing when he left. cannot forget his praise about himself that he is a very good lover.