"Don't forget that few people are likely to tell more than a small part of the truth: no one tells much of the truth, let alone the whole truth. Spoken words are facts in themselves, whether true or false. When people talk they reveal themselves, whether they're lying or telling the truth."

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Source : Halldór Laxness (2005). “Under the Glacier”, Vintage Books

HalldÃ³r Laxness

#Lying Quotes #People Quotes #Facts Quotes

“I go by records and Bob Paisley is the No 1 manager ever!”
“We are a motley bunch. But we more than make up for it with tenacity." ~ Ralston to Simon”
“From our sorrow we might seek out the sweetness and the good that is often associated with and peculiar to our challenge. We can seek out those memorable moments that are frequently hidden by the pain and agony. We can find peace in extending ourselves to others, using our own experiences to provide hope and comfort. And we can always remember with great solemnity and gratitude Him who suffered most to make it all right for us. And by so doing we can be strengthened to bear our burdens in peace. And then, the 'works of God' might be manifest.”
“The folly of men has enhanced the value of gold and silver because of their scarcity; whereas, on the contrary, it is their opinion that Nature, as an indulgent parent, has freely given us all the best things in great abundance, such as water and earth, but has laid up and hid from us the things that are vain and useless.”
“I don't do well around the angry, bitter and emotionally fragile among us, which may eliminate 70% of the population.”
“You know, it's quite all right to give the underdog a hand, but only one hand. Keep the other hand on your pistol - or he'll try to eat the one you gave him!”

Source : H. Beam Piper (2010). “A Slave Is a Slave”, p.22, eStar Books
“Analytical geometry has never existed. There are only people who do linear geometry badly, by taking coordinates, and they call this analytical geometry. Out with them!”
“Every heart to Love will come, but like a refugee”

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