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The art of living lies not in eliminating but in growing with troubles.
Bernard M. Baruch
American investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant (1870 - 1965) -
The atom bombs are piling up in the factories, the police are prowling through the cities, the lies are streaming from the loudspeakers, but the earth is still going round the sun.
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The beauty myth moves for men as a mirage; its power lies in its ever-receding nature. When the gap is closed, the lover embraces only his own disillusion.
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The Bible has noble poetry in it; and some clever fables; and some blood-drenched history; and a wealth of obscenity; and upwards of a thousand lies.
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The chief difference between horror fans and science fiction fans lies in why they won't walk backwards. A horror fan won't walk backwards because he knows he'll be knifed by a madman. A science fiction fan won't walk backwards because he knows he'll step on the cat.
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The chief proof of man's real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness.
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The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.
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The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better.
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The cruelest lies are often told in silence. A man may have sat in a room for hours and not opened his mouth, and yet come out of that room a disloyal friend or a vile calumniator.
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The difference between a saint and a hypocrite is that one lies for his religion, the other by it.
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The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination.
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The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art lies not in the will to destroy but in the revelation of what has already been destroyed. Art kills only the dead.
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The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones.
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The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones, which ramify, for those brought up as most of us have been, into every corner of our minds.
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The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep.
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The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth.
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The essence of the Liberal outlook lies not in what opinions are held, but in how they are held: instead of being held dogmatically, they are held tentatively, and with a consciousness that new evidence may at any moment lead to their abandonment.
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The families of Aboriginals who have died in custody in NSW will suffer again because of these white lies.
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The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.
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