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Nothing lays itself open to the charge of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.

Nothing lays itself open to the charge of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.

What upsets me is not that you lied to me, but that from now on I can no longer believe you.

I seem to have been like a child playing on the sea shore, finding now and then a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay undiscovered before me.

One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.

The color of truth is gray.

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch. Nay, you may kick it about all day, and it will be round and full at evening.

Of course, it’s the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.

The most dangerous untruths are truths moderately distorted.

We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood.

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

Truth isn’t always beauty, but the hunger for it is.

Truth isn’t always beauty, but the hunger for it is.

Love beauty; it is the shadow of God on the universe.

The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been kindness, beauty and truth.

The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been kindness, beauty and truth.

Yes, there is a nirvana; it is in leading your sheep to a green pasture, and in putting your child to sleep, and in writing the last line of your poem.

One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if possible, speak a few reasonable words.

One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if possible, speak a few reasonable words.

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

I created nothing; I invented nothing; I imagined nothing; I perverted nothing; I simply discovered drama in real life.