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  • Perhaps there is no other knowing than the mere competence of the act. If at the heart of one's being, there is no self to which one ought to be true, then sincerity is simply nerve; it lies in the unabashed vigor of the pretense. But pretense is only pretense when it is assumed that the act is not true to the agent. Find the agent.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Alan Watts Quotes , Truth Quotes , Lying Quotes
  • The reason why any one refuses his assent to your opinion, or his aid to your benevolent design, is in you: he refuses to accept you as a bringer of truth, because, though you think you have it, he feels that you have it not. You have not given him the authentic sign.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Truth Quotes , Thinking Quotes
  • Look at the mother of Washington! She raised a boy that could not tell a lie--could not tell a lie! But he never had any chance. It might have been different if he had belonged to the Washington Newspaper Correspondents' Club
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Mark Twain Quotes , Mother Quotes , Truth Quotes