#tru

Ah, well, the truth is always one thing, but in a way it's the other thing, the gossip, that counts. It shows where people's hearts lie. ↗

— Paul Scott

#always #counts #gossip #hearts #lie

A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy. ↗

— Walter Scott

#faithful #nail #near #placed #rusty

It is a sore point, because you do have advantages if you have access to more than one language. You also have problems, because on bad days you don't trust yourself, either in your first or your second language, and so you feel like a complete halfwit. ↗

— W. G. Sebald

#advantages #also #bad #bad days #because

If you are busy pleasing everyone, you are not being true to yourself ↗

— Jocelyn Murray

#true-to-self #truth #business

And it was so special, and to tell you the truth that's how I feel about the whole thing, I mean when I meet someone that has watched the show, and it has brought such joy to them, it just makes you feel so good. ↗

— David Selby

#brought #feel #good #how #i

I went through a long period of time in that marriage when I didn't believe anything was my fault. I had to face what my part was, and only because of that difficult work was I able to trust a man again. ↗

— Connie Sellecca

#again #anything #because #believe #difficult

I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#convinced #despair #hope #i #myself

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#common people #false #people #regarded #religion

No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#been #being #being lied to #happy #lied

The government can still conduct clandestine searches of innocent people's private information such as library, medical, and financial records. This is wrong and should have been addressed in a true compromise. ↗

— Jose Serrano

#been #compromise #conduct #financial #government