“Before a man can become great, he must look foolish to the crowd.”
“The firstsign of greatness is when a man does not attempt to look and actgreat. Before you can call yourself a man at all, Kipling assuresus, you must "not look too good nor talk too wise.”
“Before he can become a wolf, the lycanthrope strips naked. If you spy a naked man among the pines, you must run as if the Devil were after you.”
“Greatness is a property for which no man can receive credit too soon; it must be possessed long before it is acknowledged.”
“There are no foolish questions and no man becomes a fool until he has stopped asking questions.”
“You have a great name. He must kill your name before he can kill you.”