Lying Quote by George Eliot Download Open image “Particular lies may speak a general truth.” — George Eliot ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Lying May Particular Speak Truth
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There are various orders of beauty, causing men to make fools of themselves in various styles. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
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Scepticismcan never be thoroughly applied, else life would come to a standstill. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Under every guilty secret there is hidden a brood of guilty wishes, whose unwholesome infecting life is cherished by the darkness. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
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“... she took her husband's jokes and joviality as patiently as everything else, considering that "men would be so", and viewing the stronger sex… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
What is opportunity to the man who can't use it? An unfecundated egg, which the waves of time wash away into nonentity. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
And, of course men know best about everything, except what women know better. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
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What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end. — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
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I just can’t, Nick, okay? Now, please give me a second to lie here in silence and bleed.” – Caleb — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
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