False Quotes

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The harm which is done by credulity in a man is not confined to the fostering of a credulous character in others, and consequent support… — William Kingdon Clifford
Stories are not like the real world; they aren't held back by what we know is false or true. What's important is how a story… — Tahir Shah
As soon as we put something into words, we devalue it in a strange way. We think we have plunged into the depths of the… — Maurice Maeterlinck
The meaning of the presupposition is the method of verificationâ€¦ we know the meaning of the statement if we know the conditions under which the… — Moritz Schlick
OK, whatever, I was taking out false loans — Joe
If it were not for a goodly supply of rumors, half true and half false, what would the gossips do? — Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Our thoughts are either focused on what's eternal, life-changing, and true, or lost in the details of our temporary, selfish, false beliefs. — Craig Groeschel
There are different kinds of fire; there is false fire. No one knows this better than we do, but we are not such fools as… — William Booth
The objects of the present life fill the human eye with a false magnification because of their immediacy. — William Wilberforce
If you both agree at a conscious level that the purpose of your relationship is to create an opportunity, not an obligation-an opportunity for growth,… — Neale Donald Walsch
If you are worshipping false gods-such as football, baseball, gold, tennis, or money or technology or automobiles or houses or gold or silver-and you can… — Hartman Rector, Jr.
Life is too precious to be spent in this weaving and unweaving of false impressions, and it is better to live quietly under some degree… — George Eliot
RACK, n. An argumentative implement formerly much used in persuading devotees of a false faith to embrace the living truth. As a call to the… — Ambrose Bierce
When certain concepts of TeX are introduced informally, general rules will be stated; afterwards you will find that the rules aren't strictly true. In general,… — Donald Knuth
...a distinction must be made between true and false ideas, and that too much rein must not be given to a man's imagination under pretext… — Gottfried Leibniz
And as this is the obvious appearance of things, it must be admitted, till some hypothesis be discovered, which by penetrating deeper into human nature,… — David Hume
O sancta simplicitas! What strange simplification and falsification mankind lives on! One can never cease to marvel once one has acquired eyes for this marvel!… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The majority believes that everything hard to comprehend must be very profound. This is incorrect. What is hard to understand is what is immature, unclear… — Viktor Schauberger
Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy. — John Milton
The ego prevents us from helping ourselves by presenting a false notion of what it really means to help ourselves. — Gelek Rimpoche

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