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"Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise."
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"Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth."
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"Truth will keep on telling the truthLies will lie to be more uncouthNo more rainbow after the stormNowhere to escape leaving the norm."
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"Lies, so often misleading and which form the substance of all conversations, are less effective in covering up a feeling of dislike or of self-interest, or a visit one would rather people did not know about, or a one-day fling one wants to conceal from one's wife - than a good reputation is in utterly overshadowing disreputable habits."
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"When you're given the gift of truth, you spend a lot of time trying to tone it down because it is already offensive enough."
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"Never give up and never give in. The truth always finds a way to be told."
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"A lie distorts the image of reality. It is a delusion of the human mind which can disrupt an individual's sense of what is morally right or wrong."
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"Ne'er of the living can the living judge - too blind the affection or too fresh the grudge."
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"People say- 'NASA lies.' I say- 'the moon knows it all. Look at the moon and forget the spinning flat world."
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"A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author."
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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."
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"For a man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner."
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"Your levellers wish to level down as far as themselves but they cannot bear levelling up to themselves."
Equality


"To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self."
Love


"A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilisation."
Justice


"Every other author may aspire to praise the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach."
Writing


"When an author is yet living we estimate his powers by his worst performance and when he is dead we rate them by his best."
Legacy


"To improve the golden moment of opportunity and catch the good that is within our reach is the great art of life."
Opportunity


"Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks."
Happiness


"A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice."
Friendship


"None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence."
Wisdom
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