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Certainly I've had the experience of thinking a person was one thing, and finding out they were another.
Ninety per cent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves - so how can we know anyone else?
| John R. Allen, Soldier (1953) |
| Henry Charles Carey, Economist (1793) |
| J. Paul Getty, Businessman (1892) |
| Sete Gibernau, Athlete (1972) |
| John Lee Hancock, Writer (1956) |
| Don Johnson, Actor (1949) |
| Kyle Johnson, Athlete (1978) |
| Stan Kenton, Musician (1911) |
| Michael King, Historian (1945) |
| Josiah Bailey, Politician (1946) |
| Charles Laughton, Actor (1962) |


