I run through the woods, at once applauding myself for my wit-"" Well deserved, sir. Well deserved."" And at the self instant, I am grinding my teeth because I am a vain, revenging idiot and shall be run down because of it.

M.T. Anderson
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 Admirable is the man who can make himself admired by heaping ridicule on himself.  He is the man who can make others laugh at him and yet, like a good actor, make them think he is not laughing at all.

Source: The Kingdom On The Waves

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