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Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

- George Orwell

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Best quotes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

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The two principles of truth, reason and senses, are not only both not genuine, but are engaged in mutual deception. The senses deceive reason through false appearances, and the senses are disturbed by passions, which produce false impressions.

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A man can smile and smile and be a villain.

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The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.

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The world needs you. It doesn’t need you at a party having read a book about how to appear smart at parties – these books exist, and they’re tempting – but resist falling into that trap. The world needs you at the party starting real conversations, saying, ‘I don’t know,’ and being kind.

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Best quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Truth has scarce done so much good in the world as the false appearances of it have done hurt.

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- George Orwell

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