Quotes with half-truth

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  • Lord George Byron And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in masquerade.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Aulus Gellius Another one of the old poets, whose name has escaped my memory at present, called Truth the daughter of Time.
    Aulus Gellius
    Roman author and grammarian
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  • Alan K. Simpson Any education that matters is liberal. All the saving truths, all the healing graces that distinguish a good education from a bad one or a full education from a half empty one are contained in that word.
    Alan K. Simpson
    American politician (1931 - )
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  • Bobby Darin Any fool knows that bravado is always a cover-up for insecurity. That's the truth. And on that note, I'll say goodnight. God love you.
    Bobby Darin
    American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, impressionist, and actor (1936 - 1973)
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  • Agnes Martin Any material may be used but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork... we all have the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly.
    Agnes Martin
    Canadian-born American abstract painter (1912 - 2004)
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  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.
    The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1893)
    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    British author (1859 - 1930)
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  • William Somerset Maugham Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Richard D. Rosen Are you going out after the truth, or are you going out after something you believe?
    Richard D. Rosen
    American author
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  • Anna H. Shaw Around me I saw women overworked and underpaid, doing men's work at half men's wages, not because their work was inferior, but because they were women.
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  • Barbra Streisand Art does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for truth.
    Barbra Streisand
    American singer, songwriter, actress, and filmmaker (1942 - )
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  • René Daumal Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth.
    René Daumal
    French writer, philosopher and poet (1908 - 1944)
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  • George Sand Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.
    George Sand
    French writer (1804 - 1876)
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  • Friedrich Nietzsche Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest.
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    German poet and philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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  • Laura Riding Art, whose honesty must work through artifice, cannot avoid cheating truth.
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  • Bonnie Langford As a dancer, I've always checked my body constantly: 'Am I having a good day, or am I having a fat day?' I am probably more critical of myself than anyone else. I am very tiny - 5'1 and a half inches - so there's nowhere for weight to hide.
    Bonnie Langford
    English actress, dancer and singer (1964 - )
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  • Edmond de Goncourt As a general truth, it is safe to say that any picture that produces a moral impression is a bad picture.
    Edmond de Goncourt
    French writer and critic (1822 - 1896)
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  • Adolph Green As a main ingredient to the show, it has to have truth, represent truth, or else it won't last.
    Adolph Green
    American lyricist and playwright (1914 - 2002)
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  • Adam Clarke As a revelation from God, they have stood the test of many ages; and as such maintained their ground against every species of enemy, and every mode of attack. Truth is mighty, and must prevail.
    Adam Clarke
    British Methodist theologian (1760 - 1832)
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  • Paul Hawken As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.
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  • Albert Claude As far as I remember, even younger than eight, I have always been guided by reason. Not cold reason, but that which leads to the truth, to the real, and to sane Justice.
    Albert Claude
    Belgian-American cell biologist and doctor (1899 - 1983)
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