"He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers."

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Source : 'Lettre du Provincial' 21 December 1899, in 'Basic Verities' (1943) p. 46

Charles Peguy

#Truth Quotes #Honesty Quotes #Liars Quotes

“Racism is essentially natural, it's old fashioned it's an evolutionary phase that we're going through. Ultimately it wont exist”
“Everybody knows that fanaticism is religion caricatured; bears, indeed, about the same relation to it that a monkey bears to a man; yet, with many, contempt of fanaticism is received as a sure sign of hostility to religion.”

Source : Edwin Percy Whipple (1851). “Literature and life, lects”, p.68
“The climate dice are now loaded. Some seasons still will be cooler than the long-term average, but the perceptive person should notice that the frequency of unusually warm extremes is increasing. It is the extremes that have the most impact on people and other life on the planet.”
“I believe that the public temper is such that the voters of the land are prepared to support the party which gives the best promise of administering the government in the honest, simple, and plain manner which is consistent with its character and purposes. They have learned that mystery and concealment in the management of their affairs cover tricks and betrayal. The statesmanship they require consists in honesty and frugality, a prompt response to the needs of the people as they arise, and a vigilant protection of all their varied interests.”
“When passion is dead, or absent, then the magnificent throb of beauty is incomprehensible and even a little despicable.”
“There was this point about, you know, the basic point there as well - this statute treats some parts of the country different from others, and what's the justification for that? Well, you know, I had eight million things to say about that, but he put it in such a sharp, excruciating way that it was just very hard to handle it effectively.”

Source : "Farewell to the General". "Amicus" with Dahlia Lithwick, www.slate.com. June 28, 2016.
“Be cautious of playing your Queen in front of your King and in subjecting yourself to a discovered check. It is better when check is given to your King to interpose a man that attacks the checking Piece than with one that does not.”

Source : Howard Staunton (1872). “The Chess-player's Handbook: A Popular and Scientific Introduction to the Game of Chess, Exemplified in Games Actually Played by the Greatest Masters and Illustrated by Numerous Diagrams of Original and Remarkable Positions”, p.40
“I am a farmer singing at the plow”

Source : Jesse Stuart (1938). “Beyond Dark Hills”

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