"Nothing is more perilous than truth in a…" — Nawal El Saadawi
"Nothing is more perilous than truth in a world that lies."
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52 Quotes by Nawal El Saadawi
Nawal El Saadawi has 52 quotes on this site.
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If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy.
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My skin is soft, but my heart is cruel, and my bite is deadly.
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You poor, deluded woman...do you believe there is any such thing as love?...You're living an illusion. Do you believe the…
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Words should not seek to please, to hide the wounds in our bodies, or the shameful moments in our lives.…
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Here the oppression of women is very subtle. If we take female circumcision, the excision of the clitoris, it is…
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Many people come here and they think my apartment is a poor relative to my name. But you cannot be…
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Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages. People feel they…
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Democracy is not just freedom to criticize the government or head of state, or to hold parliamentary elections. True democracy…
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Doubt is the first step towards knowledge, not faith.
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Danger has been a part of my life ever since I picked up a pen and wrote. Nothing is more…
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When we live in a world that is very unjust, you have to be a dissident.
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To me, 'beauty' means to be natural, creative, honest - to say the truth.
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More Honesty Quotes
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Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.
— Aristotle
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The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.
— Aristotle
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Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
— Mary Kay Ash
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Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely…
— Isaac Asimov
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If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a…
— Jane Austen
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Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.
— Richard Bach
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The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty.
— Abu Bakr
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But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions; consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
— Ansel Adams
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I want to be an honest man and a good writer.
— James A. Baldwin
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Listen, I think movies serve many different purposes, from those movies that are frivolous and just an entertainment, to movies…
— Antonio Banderas
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