Friday, June 8, 2007

Words of Wisdom From Robert W. Service

I was just sharing a fantastic quote with Bob from Robert Service and I thought I might post it here too. For those of you philistines who don't know who Robert Service is, he is the premier poet of the Yukon. A scotsman and wandering poet hobo who ended up famous for his poems of the gold rush and the north land, heres what Bob Service says about all those high falutin' folks on their high horses who think they're better than ya:
"Dignity is the camouflage of charlatans. What man is dignified with his pants down or in the act of perpetuating his species? Dignified men are hypocrites and frauds. No man who has the honesty to see himself as he really is can be anything but humble. Only fools take themselves seriously..."


Robert W. Service, from Ploughman on the Moon

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