Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground. Dante Alighieri
Knowledge is not a passion from without the mind, but an active exertion of the inward strength, vigor and power of the mind, displaying itself from within. Ralph Cudworth
The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others. He who leaves your company pleased with himself and his own cleverness is perfectly well pleased with you. Jean de la Bruyere
Living en famille provides the strongest motives for rudeness combined with the maximum opportunity for displaying it. Quentin Crisp
Aside from being bad sportsmanship - Romney basically said Obama won by cheating - he was displaying the same obtuseness about the wants and needs of ordinary people that did more to torpedo his campaign than any goodies Obama might have had to dole out. John Podhoretz