Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort.
Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it.
It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self.
We conceal it from ourselves in vain - we must always love something. In those matters seemingly removed from love, the feeling is secretly to be found, and man cannot possibly live for a moment without it.
The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him.
Secrecy sets barriers between men, but at the same time offers the seductive temptation to break through the barriers by gossip or confession.
Work with some men is as besetting a sin as idleness.
It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.
There are so many ways in which the heart of man conceals itself from man!
The same words conceal and declare the thoughts of men.