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There seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them. — Teresa of Avila
Human existence cannot be silent, nor can it be nourished by false words, but only by true words, with which people transform the world. To… — Paulo Freire
To be content, to find true love, is what essentially drives us all, but if found, would it be recognized? — Ambrose
He who has a true idea, knows at that same time that he has a true idea, nor can he doubt concerning the truth of… — Baruch Spinoza
Love is our true destiny. — Thomas Merton
No Romeo-and-Juliet acts, no nonsense about Love with a large L, none of that popular song claptrap with its skies of blue, dreams come true,… — Aldous Huxley
I love a ballad in print o' life, for then we are sure they are true. — William Shakespeare
It is true that the grasping of truth is not possible without empirical basis. However, the deeper we penetrate and the more extensive and embracing… — Albert Einstein
This element of surprise or mystery - the detective element as it is sometimes rather emptily called - is of great importance in a plot.… — E. M. Forster
Anbody can make an easy deal, but only a true agent can sell a dog. — Irving Paul Lazar
I have no liking for novels or stories - none in the world; and so, whenever I read one - which is not oftener than… — Mark Twain
O Lord, may I never want to look good. O Jesus, may I always read it all: out loud and the very way it should… — Theodore Roethke
...You have to pass an exam, and the jobs that you get are either to shine shoes, or to herd cows, or to tend pigs.… — Arthur Rimbaud
It is true that many creative people fail to make mature personal relationships, and some are extremely isolated. It is also true that, in some… — Anthony Storr
Of course Nebraska is a storehouse of literary material. Everywhere is a storehouse of literary material. If a true artist were born in a pigpen… — Willa Cather
I ended up at fifty, over-the-hill, thinking I had no future. Finally, I realized that I had allowed myself to write less than I could.… — Waldo Salt
It is literally true that millions come easier to a trader after he knows how to trade, than hundreds did in the days of his… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore
It is really funny how even cool chicks are sort of like, 'Our moms covered that feminism thing and now we're living in a post-that… — Lena Dunham
I think I'm speaking for a bunch of girls when I say that the idea that feminism is completely natural and shouldn't even be something… — Lorde
You have to go through the darkness to truly know the light. This may sound like a cliche, but it's true nonetheless. Often the greatest… — Surya Das
True success is always the last of a string of failed attempts to get it right. — Walter Inglis Anderson
Acting is my true love. I would like to have been a serious actor, and I plan to in the next life. I'm gonna be… — Joan Rivers
There was no really good true war book during the entire four years of the war. The only true writing that came through during the… — Ernest Hemingway
In any case, the bayonet isn't as important as it used to be. It's more usual now to go into the attack with hand-grenades and… — Erich Maria Remarque
There was one rumor that I saw in a magazine saying I was pregnant. I thought that was brilliant and it still crops up now.… — Robert Pattinson

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