"A man may be in as just possession of truth as of a city, and yet be forced to surrender."

Truth, Man, May, Possession

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"A man may be in as just possession of truth as of a city, and yet be forced to surrender."

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"A lie is a lieeven if everyone believes it."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

Truth, Lie, Belief, Deception

"A priest is he who lives solely in the realm of the invisible, for whom all that is visible has only the truth of an allegory."

Karl Schlegel, German Philosopher

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"So this was the rest of his life. It felt like a party to which he'd been invited, but at an address he couldn't actually locate. Someone must be having fun at it, this life of his; only, right at the moment, it wasn't him."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Truth, Disconnection, Life, Lost, Existence

"When one is frightened of the truth then it is never the whole truth that one has an inkling of."

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Philosopher

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"A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth."

Thomas Mann, German Writer

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"The idea that creative endeavor and mind-altering substances are entwined is one of the great pop-intellectual myths of our time."

Stephen King, American Author

Truth, Drugs, Creativity, Myth

"I knew there were no ghosts in there, but on the other hand, what if there were?"

Stephen King, American Author

Truth, Fear, Imagination, Curiosity

"Americans are apocalyptic by nature. The reason why is that we've always had so much, so we live in deadly fear that people are going to take it away from us."

Stephen King, American Author

Truth, Fear, Wealth, Loss, Nature

"A harmful truth is better than a useful lie."

Thomas Mann, German Writer

Truth, Lie

"Every habit he's ever had is still there in his body, lying dormant like flowers in the desert. Given the right conditions, all his old addictions would burst into full and luxuriant bloom."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Truth, Habit, Addiction, Memory, Change

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"It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there should be none alike."

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"All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God."

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"Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living."

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"Forcible ways make not an end of evil, but leave hatred and malice behind them."

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"Charity But how shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to ourselves? Charity begins at home, is the voice of the world; yet is every man his greatest enemy, and, as it were, his own executioner."

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"A lie is a lieeven if everyone believes it."

"A priest is he who lives solely in the realm of the invisible, for whom all that is visible has only the truth of an allegory."

"So this was the rest of his life. It felt like a party to which he'd been invited, but at an address he couldn't actually locate. Someone must be having fun at it, this life of his; only, right at the moment, it wasn't him."

"When one is frightened of the truth then it is never the whole truth that one has an inkling of."

"A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth."

"The idea that creative endeavor and mind-altering substances are entwined is one of the great pop-intellectual myths of our time."

"I knew there were no ghosts in there, but on the other hand, what if there were?"

"Americans are apocalyptic by nature. The reason why is that we've always had so much, so we live in deadly fear that people are going to take it away from us."

"A harmful truth is better than a useful lie."

"Every habit he's ever had is still there in his body, lying dormant like flowers in the desert. Given the right conditions, all his old addictions would burst into full and luxuriant bloom."

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"Death is the cure for all diseases."

"We carry within us the wonders we seek without us."

"Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good."

"Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave."

"It is we that are blind, not fortune."

"It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there should be none alike."

"All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God."

"Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living."

"Forcible ways make not an end of evil, but leave hatred and malice behind them."

"Charity But how shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to ourselves? Charity begins at home, is the voice of the world; yet is every man his greatest enemy, and, as it were, his own executioner."