#tru

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#counterfeit #even #fall #false #flowers

Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#longing #minds #nature #our #planted

This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of beings have life and to him return again. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#beings #come #creator #even #fire

Revenge only engenders violence, not clarity and true peace. I think liberation must come from within. ↗

— Sandra Cisneros

#come #engenders #i #i think #liberation

I don't see any kind of mirror of power, male power, that is, as a form of liberation. I don't believe in an eye for an eye. I don't believe this is truly freedom. ↗

— Sandra Cisneros

#believe #eye #eye for an eye #form #freedom

I always market research my books before I hand them in by showing them to five or six close friends who I trust to be honest with me, so they are very heavily re-written already. ↗

— Helen Fielding

#always #before #books #close #close friends

The U.S. Military is us. There is no truer representation of a country than the people that it sends into the field to fight for it. The people who wear our uniform and carry our rifles into combat are our kids, and our job is to support them, because they're protecting us. ↗

— Tom Clancy

#carry #combat #country #field #fight

It is a truth universally acknowledged that as soon as one part of your life starts looking up, another falls to pieces. ↗

— Helen Fielding

#another #falls #life #looking #part

Gossip needn't be false to be evil - there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around. ↗

— Frank A. Clark

#evil #false #gossip #lot #needn

A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart. ↗

— Henry Fielding

#elegant #excellency #generally #heart #taste