The glittering baits of titles and honours are only for children and fools.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The arts have only ever interested a small minority of people, which acted as a kind of nursery to support artists.
In all honesty, titles are an embarrassment to me.
The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.
Well, normally we don't think all that hard about titles.
Only fools live in the past or carry envy to the present.
The universities are available only to those who share my revolutionary beliefs.
Everyone has something that blocks us from the full experience and expression of our nobility.
I deeply detest social distinction and snobbery, and in that lies my strong aversion to titular honours.
Titles of honor are like the impressions on coins, which add no value to gold or silver, but only render brass current.
Being named among the best at something is special and beautiful. But if there are no titles, nothing is won.