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Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all read more
Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house.
A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and read more
A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.
Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies read more
Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit.
No man has a good enough memory to make a successful liar.
No man has a good enough memory to make a successful liar.
The cruelest lies are often told in silence.
The cruelest lies are often told in silence.
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth read more
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.
Lies that build are better than truths that destroy.
Lies that build are better than truths that destroy.
If you do not wish to be lied to, do not ask questions. If there were no questions, there would read more
If you do not wish to be lied to, do not ask questions. If there were no questions, there would be no lies.
