authenticity Quotes

Success has always been a great liar.

Mystical explanations are thought to be deep; the truth is that they are not even shallow.

One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.

There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of it away to imaginary beings.

The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.

To be ashamed of one's immorality: that is a step on the staircase at whose end one is also ashamed of one's morality.

Egoism is the very essence of a noble soul.

If a woman possesses manly virtues one should run away from her; and if she does not possess them she runs away from herself.

Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood.

In praise there is more obtrusiveness than in blame.