A jerk, then, is a man (or woman) who is utterly unable to see himself as he appears to others. He has no grace, he is tactless without meaning to be, he is a bore even to his best friends, he is an egotist without charm. All of us are egotists to some extent, but most of us — unlike the jerk — are perfectly and horribly aware of it when we make asses of ourselves. The jerk never knows. | |
— Sydney J. Harris | |
[…Never knows or who (probably more correctly) doesn’t care. — kmab] | |
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November 17, 2012 by kmabarrett
How sad. Do we see this person as beyond reach or do we employ kindness? In my experience we (humans) avoid such a one as much as possible. Would another path have been beneficial?
It’s hard to be too sad for someone who is “happy” in their own little world. Of the few I’ve known, it was more a case of avoiding the optimist’s normal expectation that some folks can change for the good. The “true” jerk doesn’t change because they are never aware of the need to change.
There is also the possibility that I’ve lifted the quote out of context and it is an attempt at humor, much along the line of Ambrose Bierce and his “Devil’s Dictionary”.
In my own defense, I can’t enlighten because I found the quote as is, so I don’t know if there was further content or explanation.
🙂