Bible False Testimony Quotes & Sayings

Let it be remembered that most men live in a world of their own, and that in that limited circle alone are they ambitious for distinction and applause. Sir Mulberry's world was peopled with profligates, and he acted accordingly.
Thus, cases of injustice, and oppression, and tyranny, and the most extravagant bigotry, are in constant occurrence among us every day. It is the custom to trumpet forth much wonder and astonishment at the chief actors therein setting at defiance so completely the opinion of the world. But there is no greater fallacy; it is precisely because they do consult the opinion of their own little world that such things take place at all, and strike the great world dumb with amazement. — Charles Dickens

For me, all writing
storytelling and style
gets back to the Bible, Twain and Hemingway, and not in that order. — Dennis R. Miller

All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others. — Cyril Connolly

The folly of the wise is better than the wisdom of fools. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Our earliest poets were shamans. Today, as in the earliest times, true shamans are poets of consciousness who know the power of song and story to teach and to heal. — Robert Moss

Those who are themselves incapable of great crimes are ever backward to suspect others. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

The only person more cynical than a drunk is a reformed drunk. — James Crumley

All girls like guys who are tough. Obviously, riding a motorcycle - I don't want to say that there's a bad boy quality - but there's definitely a tough and macho thing about a guy who rides a motorcycles and that element of danger. That's really sexy. — Marisa Miller

The 'dance of love' has different themes and moods, just like every relationship has its highs and lows. Enjoy the high moments and hang-on during the downtimes. The diverse range of emotions is the experience that builds you two. Your ability to perfectly switch between these moments and make the best out of the one you find yourself per time, proves that you are not only involved in the relationship like the chicken is in the business of making eggs but also very committed to it like the pig is in the business of making bacon. — Olaotan Fawehinmi

If you were not full of self-pity you would soon observe that we ourselves are to blame for all this evil, because we refuse to understand that it is in reality a good thing. — Tito Colliander

I heard a song that nailed it: "And if the day came when I felt a natural emotion / I'd get such a shock I'd probably lie / in the middle of the street and die." When were these so-called natural emotions and why were they worth more than the others? Hadn't I already begun to suspect that with feelings, as with revolutions, the more spontaneous-seeming were actually the outcome of long and involved tactical maneuvers? And if, unfortunately, you had to make do without being 'natural', wasn't it better to act as consciously, as deliberately, and therefore as forcefully as possible? Just because a feeling had been painstakingly pieced together didn't mean it was worthless, nor was it necessarily shallow ... — Jean-Christophe Valtat

In making war with nature, there was risk of loss in winning. — John McPhee

May the light of God's love lead us always through the valleys. — Amy E. Tobin

Love should have no alternatives; love should be the sole reason for loving; love should spring of itself. — Nick Joaquin

surrender is giving up control bt nt lossing power — Sondra Ray