Life is full of infinite absurdities, which, strangely enough, do not even need to appear plausible, since they are true. Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936) Italian novelist and dramatist Six Characters in Search of an Author (1921)
Anyone can be heroic from time to time, but a gentleman is something which you have to be all the time. Which isn’t easy. Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936) Italian novelist and dramatist The Pleasure of Honesty (1917) [tr. Murray]