False Quotes

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Our senses through ignorance of Reality, falsely tell us that what appears to be, is. FEAR = False Evidence Appearing Real — Plutarch
[Do you worry unnecessarily about the future? Remember most fears are just False Evidence Appearing Real. Don't let unfounded fears rob you of the joys… — Mark Twain
The Truth must be told at all costs, no matter how unpopular it may be. The authentic spiritual leader, having freed himself of his own… — Vernon Howard
It is possible to lead astray an entire generation, to strike it blind, to drive it insane, to direct it towards a false goal. Napoleon… — Alexander Herzen
The criterion of true beauty is, that it increases in examination; of false, that it lessens. There is something, therefore, in true beauty that corresponds… — George Grenville
Nothing is more destined to create deep-seated anxieties in people than the false assumption that life should be free from anxieties. — Fulton J. Sheen
In philosophy, when we make use of false principles, we depart the farther from the knowledge of truth and wisdom exactly in proportion to the… — Rene Descartes
The historian's first duties are sacrilege and the mocking of false gods. They are his indispensable instruments for establishing the truth. — Jules Michelet
What I've done serves mostly to show that nearly all limits are self-imposed, a false construct of the mind. You can take on mind-boggling challenges.… — Marshall Ulrich
Indeed taking all the evidence together, it is not too much to say that there is no single historic incident better or more variously supported… — Brooke Westcott
Fanaticism is the child of false zeal and of superstition, the father of intolerance and of persecution. — John William Fletcher
Some years ago, someone had come up with the idea that the State should hold all Titles to vehicles, mailing a Certificate of Title to… — Eustace Mullins
Every failure is a step to success. Every detection of what is false directs us towards what is true: every trial exhausts some tempting form… — William Whewell
A wicked wife, a false friend, a saucy servant and living in a house with a serpent in it are nothing but death. — Chanakya
Burnout is nature's way of telling you, you've been going through the motions your soul has departed; you're a zombie, a member of the walking… — Sam Keen
It is still difficult for many to believe that a deception of such magnitude is possible. Deceptions and false declarations have ben the standard in… — Tanya Reinhart
To get at the truth of your calling, you have to crack open that false self and see what lies within. — Justine Musk
I never had any real security in my life until I found the false security of stardom. — Robert Donat
Always remember deep in your heart that all is well and everything is unfolding as it should. There are no mistakes anywhere, at any time.… — Robert Adams
The idea of Macbeth as a conscience-torm ented man is a platitude as false as Macbeth himself. Macbeth has no conscience. His main concern throughout… — Mary McCarthy

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