Reputation is worthless; trial is best.
Many have good repute who are untried.

THEOGNIS OF MEGARA

 

 

 

The aim of the dreamer, after all, is merely to go on dreaming and not to be molested by the world. His dreams are his protection against the world. But the aims of life are antithetical to those of the dreamer, and the teeth of the world are sharp.

JAMES BALDWIN from Another Country