"Her life was a tissue of vanity and…" — Virginia Woolf

"Her life was a tissue of vanity and deceit."

— Virginia Woolf

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642 Quotes by Virginia Woolf

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To enjoy freedom ... we have of course to control ourselves. We must not squander our powers, helplessly and ignorantly,…
If we didn't live venturously, plucking the wild goat by the beard, and trembling over precipices, we should never be…
Against you I will fling myself, unvanquished and unyielding, O Death!
Tom's great yellow bronze mask all draped upon an iron framework. An inhibited, nerve-drawn; dropped face - as if hung…
I like going from one lighted room to another, such is my brain to me; lighted rooms.
Does housekeeping interest you at all? I think it really ought to be just as good as writing and I…
If woman had no existence save in the fiction written by men, one would imagine her a person of utmost…
King old ladies assure us that cats are often the best judges of character. A cat will always to to…
It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet…
To make ideas effective, we must be able to fire them off. We must put them into action.
Life for both sexes is arduous, difficult, a perpetual struggle. More than anything... it calls for confidence in oneself...And how…
The history of most women is hidden either by silence, or by flourishes and ornaments that amount to silence.

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The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that… — Hannah Arendt
Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if… — Pietro Aretino
Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect… — Jane Austen
Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance. — Francis Bacon
Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of… — Stanley Baldwin
Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man. — Henry Adams
Let me go over this again on the reclaiming the civil rights movement. People of faith that believe that you… — Glenn Beck
Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of him or his good opinion. — Theodor Adorno
I have never known a more vulgar expression of betrayal and deceit. — Lucien Bouchard
The tongue may be employed about, and made to serve all the purposes of vice, in tempting and deceiving, in… — Joseph Butler
I have been constantly betrayed and deceived all my life. — Taylor Caldwell
Practically all the relationships I know are based on a foundation of lies and mutually accepted delusion. — Kim Cattrall

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