Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us.
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My hair and make-up secret is 'the messier the better.'
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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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My only real advice to Oscar nominees is, 'If you haven't actually seen a competitor's film, don't fib and say you have and blow smoke up their wahooziewhatsits.' Always best to be frank and tell them the truth.
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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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I always felt that a scientist owes the world only one thing, and that is the truth as he sees it.
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Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
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I don't think we're living in great times for movies, to tell you the truth.
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Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.
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Carlos was a character, a character fabricated by Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, fabricated by the secret services of the epoch, fabricated by the governments of the epoch, by the radical groups of the epoch, by the communications media.
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This simple truth is the essence of my message to Muslims throughout the world: know who you are, who you want to be, and start talking and working with whom you are not. Find common values and build with fellow citizens a society based on diversity and equality.
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Homer was able to give us no information relating to the truth, for he wrote of human rather than divine things.
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You can't serve the public good without the truth as a bottom line.
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Truth may sometimes hurt, but delusion harms.
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Fire is to represent truth because it destroys all sophistry and lies; and the mask is for lying and falsehood which conceal truth.
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The people who have sufficient passion for the truth to give the truth a chance to prevail, if it runs counter to their bias, are in a minority. How important is this 'minority?' It is difficult to say at this point, for, at the present time their influence on governmental decisions is not perceptible.
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The deepest thinking is humble. It is only concerned that the flame of truth which it keeps alive should burn with the strongest and purest heat; it does not trouble about the distance to which its brightness penetrates.
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We must acknowledge that there are factions in our movements... We should not be telling lies to each other; we should tell the truth to each other with the view that there will be unity.
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We've heard the excuses from those responsible for hiring that they don't want to take a chance on a new director. But the truth is that the industry hires new directors all the time; it's just that most of them are white males.
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At the foundation of moral thinking lie beliefs in statements the truth of which no further reason can be given.
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I don't want my kids growing up believing that there is nothing destructive in the world.
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Our dreams are a second life.
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I'm living in Beverly Hills. I'm very, very lucky. I wake up every morning and I recognize that I'm blessed.
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'You don’t seem the superstitious type.''I’m not,' Ben said. 'I’m careful. There’s a difference.'
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Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us.
