profundity

is wont to present as unresponsiveness. With deep men, as with deep wells, it takes a long time for anything that falls into them to hit bottom. Many impatient onlookers too quickly suppose them unresponsive, or even boring.

With deep men, as with deep wells, it takes a long time for anything that falls into them to hit bottom. Onlookers, who almost never wait long enough, readily suppose that such men are callous and unresponsive--or even boring.

is paradoxical. To reach a deep thought one has to climb.

You have to climb to reach a deep thought.

is often an equivocation — trivially true in one sense, obviously false in another, and deep and subtle only if you do not choose.

Profundities are often equivocations — trivially true in one sense, obviously false in another, and deep and subtle only if you do not choose.

is its opposite. The deepest is the simplest and most obvious.

The deepest is the simplest and most obvious.

is what we often call it when both the speaker and the audience are confused.

When both the speaker and the audience are confused, a speech is considered profound.

is necessary for the great man --- A great ship must have deep water.

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