"Lying's a certain mark of cowardice."

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Source : John Bell, Joseph Addison, Michael Arne, John Banks, John Brown (1792). “British Theatre: Isabella, or, The fatal marriage”, p.104

Thomas Southerne

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“But who can count the beatings of the lonely heart?”

Source : Susan Edmonstone Ferrier (1841). “The inheritance, by the author of Marriage. By the author of 'Marriage'. Revised by the author”, p.434
“I didn't only have a perceptual problem, I was also so nervous and so upset. The process just didn't work. I lost enthusiasm for school and I flunked second grade. The teachers said I was lazy.”
“And, lastly, to vindicate these rights, when actually violated and attacked, the subjects of England are entitled, in the first place, to the regular administration and free course of justice in the courts of law; next to the right of petitioning the king and parliament for redress of grievances; and, lastly, to the right of having and using arms for self preservation and defense.”

Source : William Blackstone (2016). “Commentaries on the Laws of England: Of the Rights of People”, p.97, Oxford University Press
“Truth, though, is nothing in the face of self-falsehood, and principles are of no value if the idealist cannot live up to his own standards.”
“Whenever I hear, 'It can't be done,' I know I'm close to success.”
“If a poet writes to save his soul, he may save the soul of others.”

Source : Richard Eberhart (1979). “Of Poetry and Poets”, Urbana : University of Illinois Press
“Light and the rational forms are locked in combat; light sets them into motion, bends what is straight, makes parallels oval, inscribes circles in the intervals, makes the intervals active.”
“I think the American people want to see the interactivity between candidates and audiences, and tough questions posed by people and how you handle them under fire.”

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