“If a man wears no crown on his head as he writes,
he shall deceive no one but himself.”
I wonder if Strand means, here, that the writer really wants to wear the crown. He wants to be praised, but feigns humility with self-effacement, and nobody is fooled by it.
“If a man wears no crown on his head as he writes,
he shall deceive no one but himself.”
I wonder if Strand means, here, that the writer really wants to wear the crown. He wants to be praised, but feigns humility with self-effacement, and nobody is fooled by it.