Posted by: Andrea Manfrè
in Quotes & Aphorisms (Truth and lies)
What is the difference between someone who is convinced and one who is deceived? None, if he is well deceived.
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What is the difference between someone who is convinced and one who is deceived? None, if he is well deceived.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
A fanatic is someone who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.
Finding someting is nothing. The hard part lies in adding to oneself what one has found.
Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is in such an abundance, is the fundamental brick of the universe. I say that in the universe there is more stupidity than hydrogen.
Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth.
Every man lies but give him a mask and he will be sincere.