Pietro Aretino Quotes
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.
Quotes to Explore
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You've got to be taught to hate and fear.
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The truth doesn't hurt unless it ought to.
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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
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Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy. What does social democracy mean? It means a way of life which recognizes liberty, equality and fraternity as the principles of life.
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Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
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What I hate in fiction is when the author knows better than the characters what they should do.
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It is a true miracle when a man finally sees himself as his only opposition.
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On the other side, I do believe that the rhetoric we are seeing from the Democrats today is unprecedented, is a new low in presidential politics and goes beyond political discourse and amounts to political hate speech.
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I hate the way chorus boxes sound.
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I used to be more paranoid and stressed, constantly worrying about my Plan B. But the truth is I don't have one.
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A lot of people tend to glorify the role of satire and comedians. They put them up as role models, as fighters for the truth and against tyranny, and I think that's overrated.
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Of all liars the most arrogant are biographers: those who would have us believe, having surveyed a few boxes full of letters, diaries, bank statements and photographs, that they can play at the recording angel and tell the whole truth about another human life.
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Writing is agony. I hate it.
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What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.
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Kids hate anyone who is different.
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I think a culture can really be elevated through the arts, and it's always a dream come true when I come across roles that enable me to fuse my love of storytelling with my passion for activism and raising social awareness.
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When I've been asked what should be on my gravestone, I've said: 'Here lies Gandalf. He came out.' Two big achievements.
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The camera never lies, man. I've learned that. If you allow it, it will see right through you, which is kind of cool.
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Mirror that lies, mirror that lies, that can't be me in the gorilla disguise.
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Scotland is a picturesque country where the people are friendly yet completely incomprehensible. Also, the national delicacy is a sheep's stomach filled with its liver, lungs, and heart.
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I will keep painting until I die.
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'I cannot raise my worth too high;Of what vast consequence am I!''Not of the importance you suppose,'Replies a Flea upon his nose;'Be humble, learn thyself to scan;Know, pride was never made for man.'
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The free nations of the world will not be pushed around by terrorist cowards whose goal is to spread fear and destruction and destroy our liberty and way of life.
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I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.
