Martijn Benders Quotes

Every Writer On This Planet THINKS He Is A Great Writer (why Waste Your Entire Life Writing When You Believe You Are Mediocre?) But Its Deemed Socially Unacceptable To Actually Speak Out Such Thoughts. So, Modesty Is Always A Public Concept And Not An Inner One. For That Reason Alone 'modesty' Can Actually Be Said To Be The Product Of A Large Ego, For The Ego Is Primarily Concerned With Survival And Society Rewards This Dishonesty And Tends To Punish Honesty (see Camus)

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