... himself. That elderly minister with an epic from whom you were hiding in a back room, he believed in himself. If you consulted your business experience instead of your ugly individualistic philosophy, you would know that believing in himself is one of the commonest signs of a rotter. Actors who can't act believe in themselves; and debtors who won't pay. It would be much truer to say that a man will certainly fail, because he believes in himself. Complete self-confidence is not merely a sin; complete self-confidence is a weakness. Believing utterly ... — Orthodoxy • G. K. Chesterton
... wash his hands and change his coat. Nana and Thirza sat down again. Ger shook his head at his small sister. "You are a rotter," ... — The Ffolliots of Redmarley • L. Allen Harker
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