False Quotes

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Instead of generating either unnecessary alarm or a false sense of security regarding these fundamental issues, the best course is to empower people with the… — Dick Thornburgh
At the ches with me she (Fortune) gan to pleye; With her false draughts (pieces) dyvers/She staal on me, and took away my fers. And… — Geoffrey Chaucer
Now, at times this issue has tended to degenerate into an 'either-or' type of debate. Either we protect our people from terror or we protect… — Barack Obama
Have you ever thought about why, all over the world, in every culture, in every society, there are a few days in the year for… — Rajneesh
True celebration should come from your life, in your life. And true celebration cannot be according to the calendar, that on the first of November… — Rajneesh
This one question-'What do I know for certain?'-is tremendously powerful. When you look deeply into this question, it actually destroys your world. It destroys your… — Adyashanti
The sense organs, which are limited in scope and ability, randomly gather information. This partial information is arranged into judgments, which are based on previous… — Laozi
That sculpture is more admirable than painting for the reason that it contains relief and painting does not is completely false. ... Rather, how much… — Galileo Galilei
One comes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whether the statement be true or false. — Robert Collier
False shame only is harmful. — Livy
Fools through false shame, conceal their open wounds. — Horace
In this century the writer has carried on a conversation with madness. We might almost say of the twentieth-century writer that he aspires to madness.… — Don DeLillo
Woody is so musical in his filmmaking. I've never worked with anyone I've trusted so completely. He won't let you hit a false note. — Dianne Wiest
The law serves of nought else in these days but for to do wrong, for nothing is spread almost but false matters by color of… — Jack Cade
I did though at least expect him to correct the false statements he made when he was trying to protect the Presidency. Instead, he talked… — Monica Lewinsky
In the light of her son's comment she reconsidered the scene at the mosque, to see whose impression was correct. Yes it could be worked… — E. M. Forster
A country cannot simultaneously prepare and prevent war. I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will… — Albert Einstein
PALMISTRY, n. The 947th method . . . of obtaining money by false pretences [by] "reading character" in the wrinkles [of] the hand. The pretence… — Ambrose Bierce
Throw false spirituality away like a pair of old shoes. — Kyongho
We measure success by accumulation. The measure is false. The true measure is appreciation. He who loves most has most. — Henry Van Dyke

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