Monday, June 09, 2008

Being aristocratic

"'That's the great thing,' Isabel solemnly pondered; 'that's the supreme good fortune: to be in a better position for appreciating people then they are for appreciating you.' And she added that such, when one considered it, was simply the essence of aristocratic situation. In this light, if in none other, one should aim at the aristocratic situation."

(de Henry James, em The portrait of a lady - copiado da querida amiga Luiza)