"It is a general rule that when the……" — Isaac Bashevis Singer
"It is a general rule that when the grain of truth cannot be found, men will swallow great helpings of falsehood."
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95 Quotes by Isaac Bashevis Singer
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Whenever I'm in trouble, I pray. And because I'm in trouble all of the time, I pray almost constantly.
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Even in the worm that crawls in the earth there glows a divine spark. When you slaughter a creature, you…
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We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.
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As often as Herman had witnessed the slaughter of animals and fish, he always had the same thought: in their…
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As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no peace, no liberty, no harmony…
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We must believe in free will, we have no choice.
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There is a quiet humor in Yiddish and a gratitude for every day of life, every crumb of success, each…
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God is a writer and we are both the heroes and the readers.
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Children read books, not reviews. They don't give a hoot about critics.
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There is no death. How can there be death if everything is part of the Godhead? The soul never dies…
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What nature creates has eternity in it.
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When we're trying to decide whether a leader is a good leader or a bad one, the question to ask…
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More Falsehood Quotes
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I don't want to lie. I dislike dishonesty. And I work in Hollywood, a town and a business that relies…
— David Arquette
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The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty.
— Abu Bakr
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He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him.
— Abu Bakr
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The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound…
— Niels Bohr
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Falsehood is a perennial spring.
— Edmund Burke
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Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.
— Albert Camus
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Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.
— Miguel de Cervantes
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Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water.
— Miguel de Cervantes
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Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.
— Miguel de Cervantes
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So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow…
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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In all general questions which become the subjects of discussion, there are always some truths mixed with falsehoods. I confess,…
— Alexander Hamilton
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