False Quotes

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Politics is not an end, but a means. It is not a product, but a process. It is the art of government. Like other values… — Calvin Coolidge
Plots, true or false, are necessary things, To raise up commonwealths and ruin kings. — John Dryden
If the portraits of our absent friends are pleasant to us, which renew our memory of them and relieve our regret for their absence by… — Heloise
Louis XVI started to die on June 21st 1791. For his flight tore away the veil of that false constitutional monarchy, and once more confronted… — Francois Furet
. . . yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way: thou… — William Shakespeare
How false is the conception, how frantic the pursuit, of that treacherous phantom which men call Liberty: most treacherous, indeed, of all phantoms; for the… — John Ruskin
We have much studied and much perfected, of late, the great civilized invention of the division of labour; only we give it a false name.… — John Ruskin
You know well that government always kept a kind of standing army of newswriters who, without any regard to truth or to what should be… — Thomas Jefferson
The harder you work, the more confidence you get. But you may be working hard on something that is false. — Charlie Munger
Many of us understand giving, but some of us may still be confused about the meaning of forgiveness. Some people may go through life in… — John Templeton
Knowledge is happiness, because to have knowledge - broad, deep knowledge - is to know true ends from false, and lofty things from low. — Helen Keller
One of the myths propagated by the enemies of Israel is that there is an all-powerful Zionist conspiracy. That is a false accusation. Nevertheless, that… — George Soros
As I've gotten older I've occasionally found myself nostalgic for earlier periods of solitude, though I realize that's also likely a false nostalgia, as I… — Chris Ware
We must dress according to the dictates of fashion, make love whether we feel like it or not, kill in the name of our country,… — Paulo Coelho
He unwittingly takes a false step and plunges into the abyss. — Paulo Coelho
There are times when one's life appears to be a stage. People come, people go. They come in order to go, and go with no… — Vijay Tendulkar
We (the indivisible divinity that works in us) have dreamed the world . We have dreamed it resistant, mysterious, visible, ubiquitous in space and firm… — Jorge Luis Borges
Philosophy itself cannot but benefit from our disputes, for if our conceptions prove true, new achievements will be made; if false, their refutation will further… — Galileo Galilei
Men have such a good opinion of themselves, of their mental superiority and intellectual depth; they believe themselves so skilled in discerning the true from… — Al-Ghazali
I do not know all of the providences of the Lord, but I do know that he permits false doctrine to be taught in and… — Bruce R. McConkie

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