“10 Rules for Being Human: Rule #1 - You will receive a body. Rule #2 - You will be presented with lessons. Rule #3 - There are no mistakes, only lessons. Rule #4 - The lesson is repeated until learned. Rule #5 - Learning does not end. Rule #6 - "There" is no better than "here". Rule #7 - Others are only mirrors of you. Rule #8 - What you make of your life is up to you. Rule #9 - Your answers lie inside of you. Rule #10 - You will forget all this at birth.” HumansDoeEndsBodyLife IsLyingAnswersForgetMistakeAwarenessBirthLessonsMirrorsBeing HumanUp To You Author:Cherie Carter-Scott
“That Man, who flees from truth, should have invented the mirror is the greatest of historical miracles.” MenShouldLyingShould HaveMiracleMirrorsHistoricalTruth And Lies Author:Christian Friedrich Hebbel
“It's an America with strange mythic depths. I see it as a distorting mirror; a book of danger and secrets, of romance and magic. It's about the soul of America, really. What people brought to America; what found them when they came; and the things that lie sleeping beneath it all.” PeopleBookSoulAmericaRomanceLyingFoundSleepSecretMagicDangerStrangeMirrorsDepth Author:Neil Gaiman
“Art is not just about what's great or expensive or scandalous or famous. It's a mirror we hold up that looks different to everyone who sees it, and whose beauty lies as much in us, and our capacity to dream.” LooksArtDifferentDreamLyingArt IsCapacityMirrorsExpensiveScandalous Author:Michael Kimmelman
“A mirror does not develop because an historical pageant passes in front of it. It only develops when it gets a fresh coat of quicksilver in other words, when it acquires new sensitiveness; and the novel's success lies in its own sensitiveness, not in the success of its subject matter.” DoeMatterLyingNovelSubjectsFrontsMirrorsHistoricalAcquireCoatsSubject MatterPageant Book:Aspects Of the Novel Source: Aspects Of the Novel
“Man's mind a mirror is of heavenly sights,A brief wherein all marvels summèd lie,Of fairest forms and sweetest shapes the store,Most graceful all, yet thought may grace them more.” MenMindMayFormLyingGraceShapesSightMirrorsStoresHeavenlySweetest Author:Robert Southwell
“These flattering mirrors reflect imperfectly what is within; the countenance is often a gay deceiver. What defects of mind lie hidden under its beauty! What fair exteriors conceal base souls!” MindSoulLyingGayFairsMirrorsDefectsFlatteringCountenanceExteriorDeceiverPhysiognomy Author:Pierre Corneille
“The writer's advantage, in some respects, over those whose expression lies in other fields, is in the privilege of a double - sometimes a triple - living. Pleasure multiplied in the mirrors of words, and pain siphoned off in words.” SometimesPainLyingPleasureFieldsExpressionAdvantageMirrorsPrivilege Author:Josephine Winslow Johnson