Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part.
If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you.
They are, as it were, train-bearers in the pageant of life, and hold a glass up to humanity, frailer than itself. We see ourselves at second-hand in them: they show us all that we are, all that we wish to be, and all that we dread to be. What brings the resemblance nearer is, that, as they imitate us, we, in our turn, imitate them. There is no class of society whom so many persons regard with affection as actors.
We must overact our part in some measure, in order to produce any effect at all.
They are the only honest hypocrites, their life is a voluntary dream, a studied madness.
To-day kings, to-marrow beggars, it is only when they are themselves that they are nothing.
Follow AzQuotes on Facebook, Twitter and Google+. Every day we present the best quotes! Improve yourself, find your inspiration, share with friends
or simply: