Shams Quotes

15 quotes by 14 authors

Youth, though it may lack knowledge, is certainly not devoid of intelligence; it sees through shams with sharp and terrible eyes. — H. L. Mencken
The silent colossal National Lie that is the support and confederate of all the tyrannies and shams and inequalities and unfairnesses that afflict the peoples… — Mark Twain
There is only truth to be found - no lies, no shams, no illusions, no hypocrisy. Just a truthful place, where all beings are governed… — Eustace Conway
The Post-Dispatch will serve no party but the people; be no organ of Republicanism, but the organ of truth; will follow no causes bit its… — Joseph Pulitzer
I don't want to pass because I can't stand insincerities and shams. I am just as much Negro as any of the others identified with… — Fredi Washington
Mere flimflam stories, and nothing but shams and lies. — Miguel de Cervantes
I was still more concerned (a preference which you may be far from resenting) to strike a blow for Epicurus, that great man whose holiness… — Lucian
In endeavor itself there is a certain dynamic entertainment, affording an illusion of useful purpose. With achievement the illusion is dispelled. Man's greatest accomplishment is… — Rafael Sabatini
When whole races and peoples conspire to propagate gigantic mute lies in the interest of tyrannies and shams, why should we care anything about the… — Mark Twain
Shams and delusions are esteemed for soundest truths, while reality is fabulous. If men would steadily observe realities only, and not allow themselves to be… — Henry David Thoreau
Let it be ours to be self-reliant amidst hosts of the vacillating â€” real in a generation of triflers â€” true amongst a multitude of… — William Morley Punshon
Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision. — Aldous Huxley
Shams, my body is a candle touched with fire. — Rumi
Like music on the waters is they sweet voice to me. Lord Byron Love gives eyes to see what the eye without love can't see… — Sorin Cerin
Our lives are repetitious shams-every single day a simulacrum of the previous day. So for Man, he is out to pepper his daily activities with… — Matthew Lotti

Who Wrote These Shams Quotes

14 authors contributed a total of 15 Shams Quotes as follows: