"I am convinced that human life is filled with many pure, happy, serene examples of insincerity, truly splendid of their kind-of people deceiving one another without (strangely enough) any wounds being inflicted, of people who seem unaware even that they are deceiving one another."

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Source : Osamu Dazai (1973). “No Longer Human”, p.37, New Directions Publishing

Osamu Dazai

#People Quotes #Deception Quotes #Deceit Quotes

“Only when he voluntarily chooses that which he inexorably must do, has man any free will at all.”
“Nobody remembers second place.”
“If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning 'Good morning' at total strangers.”
“Most of the preparedness happens during training every single day, so it's all about getting to a meet and being as relaxed as possible. Personally, I just try to stay in the crowd of people, just talking so my mind doesn't think only about swimming. That helps me to relax. And at this level, we all know what needs to be done once we jump in the pool”
“All men should be required to have their marital status tattooed on their foreheads.”

Source : Gemma Halliday (2010). “Spying in High Heels: High Heels Mysteries book #1”, p.97, Gemma Halliday Publishing
“The years of imprisonment hardened me.... Perhaps if you have been given a moment to hold back and wait for the next blow, your emotions wouldn't be blunted as they have been in my case. When it happens every day of your life, when that pain becomes a way of life, I no longer have the emotion of fear.there is no longer anything I can fear. There is nothing the government has not done to me. There isn't any pain I haven't known.”

Source : "Winnie Madikizela-Mandela dies aged 81" by Jason Burke, www.theguardian.com. April 2, 2018.
“You see, some things I can teach you. Some you learn from books. But there are things that, well, you have to see and feel.”

Source : Khaled Hosseini (2009). “A Thousand Splendid Suns”, p.96, Bloomsbury Publishing
“The chaplain of the Senate does not pray for the Senate. He watches the Senate and prays for the country.”

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