Quote by Alexander Pope
And, after all, what is a lie? Tis but the truth in a masquerade.

And, after all, what is a lie? Tis but the truth in a masquerade. – Alexander Pope

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Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example. – Alexander Pope

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Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Natures God. – Alexander Pope

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And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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Irony regards every simple truth as a challenge. – Mason Cooley

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It is only a mans own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them. For it is these that he really and completely understands. To read the thoughts of others is like taking the remains of someone elses meal, like putting on the discarded clothes of a stranger. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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You never find yourself until you face the truth. – Pearl Bailey

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