Gaining Confidence

Famous quotes containing the words gaining and/or confidence:

“So we see
That all things change, one nation gaining strength
While others perish.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)

“Sincerity is a certain openness of heart. It is to be found in very few, and what we commonly look upon to be so is only a cunning sort of dissimulation, to insinuate ourselves into the confidence of others.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)