Let's start with a quiz. Name the speaker in the following quotations:

1) "...he that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom."
2)"...and choose to find by not finding rather than by finding fail to find you."
3)"If such a thing as spiteful benevolence existed (which is impossible, of course, but supposing it did), a genuinely and sincerely merciful person would wish others to be miserable so that he could show them mercy!"
4)"I'm four but I'm just little!"

Good luck. winner gets my respect.

I've been reading Augustine and thinking how little the world has changed in 1700 years. And I've been reading Orson Scott Card and thinking how much more realistic characters are when they are flawed and insecure and prejudiced.

I said a really arrogant thing the other day in a conversation and immediately I wanted to take it back, but in my pride I didn't want to contradict myself so I left it. And now this person who doesn't really know me has the data of my arrogance on which to base their judgement of my character, which is upsetting, but doesn't that just show how proud I am, that I wish to appear humble?