Confidence It Is Then

Whenever I’m told, “Nothing is going to go wrong,” I always wonder if that’s delusion or confidence talking.

Only once have I had it clarified with the additional phrase of, “but if something does go wrong, I’ll make it right.”

By Comparison, Even A Glass House Would Be Better

The house of delusions is cheap to build, but draughty to live in, and ready at any instant to fall.

– A. E. Housman