#rue

Languages are true analytical methods. ↗

— Antoine Lavoisier

#languages #methods #true

Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as leave give her kiss to an absurdity any day, as to syllogistic truth. The absurdity may turn out truer. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

#any #day #fish #give #had

It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must have had a sinister sense of humor, creating him a reasonable being, yet forcing him to take this ridiculous posture, and driving him with blind craving for this ridiculous performance. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

#blind #craving #created #creating #driving

My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

#being #belief #believes #bit #blood

All vital truth contains the memory of all that for which it is not true. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

#memory #true #truth #vital #which

The cruelest thing a man can do to a woman is to portray her as perfection. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

#her #man #perfection #portray #thing

Emotion is messy, contradictory... and true. ↗

— Nigella Lawson

#emotion #messy #true

'Friends' was a true ensemble. There really was no star of the show. ↗

— Matt LeBlanc

#friends #really #show #star #true

In a memoir, I think, the contract implies a certain degree of truth. I think you have to be as true to your memory and your experience as you possibly can. ↗

— David Leavitt

#certain degree #contract #degree #experience #i

Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

#ability #artistic #both #burning #eat