"I know that even the meanest person has still at his disposition high-sounding words wherewith to mask his real character."

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Source : Henryk Sienkiewicz (1897). “Without Dogma: A Novel of Modern Poland”

Henryk Sienkiewicz

#Real Quotes #Character Quotes #Mask Quotes

“A prophet weeps while others are laughing.”
“What is first love worth, except to prepare for a second? What does second love bring? Only regret for the first.”

Source : John Hay (1871). “Pike County Ballads and Other Pieces”, p.142
“As an American, I'd like to apologize - for everything.”
“At no time are we ever in such complete possession of a journey, down to its last nook and cranny, as when we are busy with preparations for it. After that, there remains only the journey itself, which is nothing but the process through which we lose our ownership of it.”
“As artists, we bear the charge of signalling, guiding, communicating and inspiriting change.”
“[They let] friendship with the leaders in China obscure our devotion to freedom and democracy when those kids set up in Tiananmen Square, and I think it was wrong.”
“Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.”
“I'm an actress, not a celebrity.”

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