esteem

- "Self-esteem is the reputation we acquire within ourselves. --> The original quote from Nathaniel Branden"

- "The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animals. Some of their most esteemed inventions have no other apparent purpose, for example, the dinner party of more than two, the epic poem, and the science of metaphysics. --> The original quote from H.L. Mencken"