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John Lilly:In the province of the mind, what one


In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is true or becomes true.
by John Lilly


Tacitus:Self-interest is the enemy of all true


Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.
by Tacitus


Farrar:The only real failure in life is not to


The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.
by Farrar


D.H. Lawrence:Be a good animal. True to your


Be a good animal. True to your extincts.
by D.H. Lawrence


Jawaharial Nehru:The art of a people is a true


The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds.
by Jawaharial Nehru


Joan Rivers:I was born in 1962. True. And the


I was born in 1962. True. And the room next to me was 1963.
by Joan Rivers


Seneca:Religion is regarded by the common people


Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
by Seneca


William Shakespeare:The course of true love


The course of true love never did run smooth.
by William Shakespeare


Alfred Tennyson:Dreams are true while they last,


Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?
by Alfred Tennyson


Ralph Waldo Emerson:To believe your own thought,


To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men - that is genius.
by Ralph Waldo Emerson


Grenville:The criterion of true beauty is, that


The criterion of true beauty is, that it increases in examination; of false, that it lessens. There is something, therefore, in true beauty that corresponds with the right reason, and it is not merely the creature of fancy.
by Grenville


John Lubbock:Our ambition should be to rule


Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.
by John Lubbock


William Hazlitt:To be happy, we must be true to


To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with us.
by William Hazlitt


François La Rochefoucauld:Ability wins us the


Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck that of the people.
by François La Rochefoucauld


Alexander Pope:'Tis not enough your counsel


'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do.
by Alexander Pope


Seneca:No man enjoys the true taste of life, but


No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it.
by Seneca


William Shakespeare:To thine own self be true,


To thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.
by William Shakespeare


Richard Steele:To give pain is the tyranny; to


To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.
by Richard Steele


John Updike:Dreams come true; without that


Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.
by John Updike


Eric Hoffer:The only way to predict the future


The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future. Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophesies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.
by Eric Hoffer


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