Posted by: Silvana Stremiz
in Quotes & Aphorisms (Truth and lies)
With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
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With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
A fanatic is someone who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.
Finding someting is nothing. The hard part lies in adding to oneself what one has found.
Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is in such an abundance, is the fundamental brick of the universe. I say that in the universe there is more stupidity than hydrogen.
Words are full of falseness or art; the look is the language of the heart.
It was a fatal day when the public discovered that the pen is mightier than the pavingstone, and can be made as offensive as the brickbat.
Through words one can destroy people.
Every man lies but give him a mask and he will be sincere.
They say that in India the prettiest time is the dawn, when night still drifts in the air and the day isn't yet full, when the distinction between dark and light isn't clear and for a moment, man, if he desires, if he can pay attention, he can sense that all which in life may appear in contrast, dark and light, the true and the intrue, man and woman that are amazingly different, but that in love can become One.