Falsely Quotes

74 quotes by 69 authors

Many people on the political left found my work psychologically liberating. They began to say: once you realize that standards emerge historically, then you can… — Stanley Fish
You see, I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to be a lie, and those who live by… — Christopher Hampton
In the beginning we must simplify the subject, thus unavoidably falsifying it, and later we must sophisticate away the falsely simple beginning. — Maimonides
One word is too often profaned For me to profane it, One feeling too falsely disdained For thee to disdain it. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Pain will force even the truthful to speak falsely — Publilius Syrus
Our senses through ignorance of Reality, falsely tell us that what appears to be, is. FEAR = False Evidence Appearing Real — Plutarch
We assume, falsely, that how we feel now is how we will feel in the future — Paulo Coelho
His honour rooted in dishonour stood, And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
There is the falsely mystical view of art that assumes a kind of supernatural inspiration, a possession by universal forces unrelated to questions of power… — Adrienne Rich
Make a mistake in the interpretation of one of Shakespeareâ€™s plays, falsely scan a piece of Spenserian verse, and there is unlikely to be an… — D. A. Carson
Our moral efforts are too feeble and falsely motivated to ever merit salvation. — Timothy Keller
Horror is the badge of humanity, worn proudly, self-righteously, and often falsely. — Poppy Z. Brite
None are so hopelessly enslaved, as those who falsely believe they are free. The truth has been kept from the depth of their minds by… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Things evidently false are not only printed, but many things of truth most falsely set forth. — Thomas Browne
I tried to walk a line between acting lawfully AND testifying falsely, but I now realize that I did not fully accomplish that goal. — William J. Clinton
Time and time again does the pride of man influence his very own fall. While denying it, one gradually starts to believe that he is… — Criss Jami
Anyone can be falsely accused of a crime. Everyone accused of a crime deserves a fair trial. — John Garamendi
Let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late. — Bob Dylan
The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The answers to the human problems of ecology are to be found in economy. And the answers to the problems of economy are to be… — Wendell Berry

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