"In India nearly everybody spoke metaphorically except the English who spoke bluntly and could make their most transparent lies look honest as a consequence; whereas any truth contained in these metaphorical rigmaroles was so deviously presented that it looked devious itself."

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Source : Paul Scott (2011). “The Raj Quartet, Volume 2: The Day of the Scorpion”, p.102, University of Chicago Press

Paul Scott

#Lying Quotes #Looks Quotes #India Quotes

“But of all the animals, man holds the fate of the world in his hands.”
“I'm a humble guy, but I'm audacious.”
“God has given you your child, that the sight of him, from time to time, might remind you of His goodness, and induce you to praise Him with filial reverence.”

Source : Christian Scriver (1860). “Gotthold's Emblems: Or, Invisible Things Understood by Things that are Made”, p.259
“[My] hunger and thirst was, and still remains: How do I get people who hate poetry to love me?”
“Judgment is judgment, whether you're obese, or too skinny, or not athletic enough.”
“Still, I look down, and the grass is so green, I cannot understand how it does not wither and die with sorrow. ~Song of the Sparrow”
“I think the key divide between the interactive media and the narrative media is the difficulty in opening up an empathic pathway between the gamer and the character, as differentiated from the audience and the characters in a movie or a television show.”
“I've always tried to explain democracy is not perfect. But it gives you a chance to shape your own destiny.”

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