“For ever and anon the soul becomes weary of the conventions that are not of it, and with a single stroke shatters the civilized lies with which it is unable to cope, and the strong arm reaches out and takes by force what it cannot win by cunning.” SoulLyingWinningStrongForceArmsCivilizationCivilizedConventionsReach OutWearyStrokesCunningStrong ArmsAnon Book:The Troll Garden: Short Stories Source: The Troll Garden: Short Stories
“Deception, flattering, lying, deluding, talking behind the back, putting up a false front, living in borrowed splendor, wearing a mask, hiding behind convention, playing a role for others and for oneself -- in short, a continuous fluttering around the solitary flame of vanity -- is so much the rule and the law among men that there is almost nothing which is less comprehensible than how an honest and pure drive for truth could have arisen among them.” MenLawLyingBehindsTalkingRolesHonestFrontsPureOneselfVanityDeceptionFlamesMaskHidingConventionsSolitaryBorrowedSplendorFlatteringFlutteringWearing A Mask Book:Delphi Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche (Illustrated): Friedrich Nietzsche Source: Delphi Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche (Illustrated): Friedrich Nietzsche
“Conventions which camouflage a man's true feelings are a spiritual lie which help him adapt himself to the organized deviations of society.” MenHelpingFeelingsSpiritualLyingOrganizedConventionsDeviationCamouflageTrue Feelings Author:Maria Montessori
“When a Cabinet Minister who is sacked for telling lies is re-appointed, in the face of every constitutional convention, only for the same man to be sacked again from the same Cabinet for the same offence by the same Prime Minister no wonder the public are cynical about politics.” MenFacesLyingWonderMinistersPrimeConventionsCynicalPrime MinisterCabinetsOffenceTelling LiesConstitutional Convention Author:William Hague