"Irony regards every simple truth as a challenge."

Truth, Challenge, Irony

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

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

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"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

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"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

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

Stephen King, American Author

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"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

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"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

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"Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future."

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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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"I love you is the inscription on Pandora's box."

"While there's life, there's fear."

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"The man of sensibility is too busy talking about his feelings to have time for good deeds."

"When sages commend excess, Desire is sick."

"Fears and lies intensify consciousness."

"Seeing my malevolent face in the mirror, my benevolent soul shrinks back."

"Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future."