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Swallow Quotes by Denis Diderot
- We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us.
- We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.
- Women swallow at one mouthful the lie that flatters, and drink drop by drop the truth that is bitter.
More Swallow Quotes
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them… — Paul Auster
- When neither high purpose nor the categorical imperatives of religion will do, the only argument against suicide is life itself. You pause… — Al Alvarez
- An overdose of praise is like 10 lumps of sugar in coffee; only a very few people can swallow it. — Emily Post
- Little islands are all large prisons: one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow. — Richard Burton
- In art, the public accept what has been, because they cannot alter it, not because they appreciate it. They swallow their classics… — Oscar Wilde
- Patience is the panacea; but where does it grow, or who can swallow it? — William Shenstone
- One swallow alone does not make a summer. — Miguel de Cervantes