“Do not fret under such assistance as is needful; therein lies one great grace of poverty. It were overambitious to aim at being poor without suffering any inconvenience, in other words, to have the credit of poverty and the convenience of riches.” LyingSufferingPoorPovertyGraceAimCreditRichesAssistanceConvenienceInconvenienceAlms Book:Introduction to the Devout Life Source: Introduction to the Devout Life
“if a man be discreet enough to take to hard drinking in his youth, before his general emptiness is ascertained, his friends invariably credit him with a host of shining qualities which, we are given to understand, lie balked and frustrated by his one unfortunate weakness.” IfsMenHardEnoughLyingGivenQualityYouthWeaknessShiningDrinkingCreditEmptinessHostFrustratedUnfortunateAlcoholismDiscreet Book:Points of View Source: Points of View
“I was a very ancient twelve; my views at that age would have done credit to a Civil War veteran. I am much younger now than I was at twelve or anyway, less burdened. The weight of the centuries lies on children, I'm sure of it.” ChildrenWarDoneAgeLyingViewsCenturyWeightAncientCreditCivil WarTwelveVeteranWar Veteran Author:Flannery O'Connor
“How much luckier than all the rest of mankind are the astrologers who, if they tell one truth among a hundred lies, obtain so much credit that even their lies are believed.” IfsLyingBeliefMankindHundredCreditSuperstitions Book:Ricordi Source: Ricordi
“Don't lie to anyone, but particularly don't lie to millennials. They just know. They can smell it. Be yourself: if you're old, be old. If you don't know anything about pop culture, don't pretend to know anything about pop culture. When you credit teenagers with intelligence and emotional sophistication, they respond intelligently and with emotional sophistication.” IfsKnowsLyingCultureEmotionalPopsCreditSmellTeenagerBeing YourselfPop CultureSophisticationMillennialsDon't Lie Author:John Green
“Beliefs constitute the basic stratum, that which lies deepest, in the architecture of our life. By them we live, and by the same token we rarely think of them.... One may symbolize the individual life as a bank of issue. The bank lives on the credit of a gold reserve which is rarely seen, which lies at the bottom of metal coffers hidden in the vaults of the building. The most elementary caution will suggest that from time to time the effective condition of these guaranties--of these credences, one might say, that are the basis of credit--be passed in review.” ThinkingMayMightLyingIndividualBeliefIssuesOur LivesConditionsBuildingGoldBasesBottomCreditArchitectureReviewsMetalsReservesCautionTokensVaultsIndividual LifeCredence Author:Jose Ortega y Gasset