"If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people."

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Source : Virginia Woolf (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)”, p.3151, Delphi Classics

Virginia Woolf

#Inspirational Quotes #Honesty Quotes #Lying Quotes

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“It's about being the very best you can be. Nothing else matters as long as you're working and striving to be your best. Always compete. It's truly that simple. Find the way to do your best. Compete in everything you do.”
“I have nothing to prove to anyone. I only play for myself.”
“The most surprising thing for my mother and father was when I was actually earning more money than them by the time I was about 18. They thought I was going to be the ne'er do well, who they'd have to keep worrying about.”
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“What is Paris? ... Where nobody throws stones, for all live in glass houses.”
“The study of theology, as it stands in the Christian churches, is the study of nothing.”
“The clear and perfect truth no man has seen, nor will there be anyone who knows about the gods and what I say about all things...; for, however perfect what he says may be, yet he does not know it; all things are matters of opinion.”

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