Quote by Virginia Woolf
Let a man get up and say, Behold, this is the truth, and instantly

Let a man get up and say, Behold, this is the truth, and instantly I perceive a sandy cat filching a piece of fish in the background. Look, you have forgotten the cat, I say. – Virginia Woolf

Other quotes by Virginia Woolf

But it is just when opinions universally prevail and we have added lip service to their authority that we become sometimes most keenly conscious that we do not believe a word that we are saying. – Virginia Woolf

Category:
Conformity
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There is much to support the view that it is clothes that wear us and not we them; we may make them take the mould of arm or breast, but they would mould our hearts, our brains, our tongues to their liking. – Virginia Woolf

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Clothing
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It is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him. Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others. – Virginia Woolf

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Nature
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Other Quotes from
Truth
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Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth. – Blaise Pascal

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Truth

Truth is the silliest thing under the sun. Try to get a living by the Truth and go to the Soup Societies. Heavens! Let any clergyman try to preach the Truth from its very stronghold, the pulpit, and they would ride him out of his church on his own pulpit bannister. – Herman Melville

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Truth

Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water. – Miguel de Cervantes

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Truth

Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said. – Mel Brooks

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Truth

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I dont think that there is absolute freedom of the press. We operate under laws – against libel, for instance. The idea that there is some absolute press freedom is kind of a myth. – Bill Keller

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Freedom

No Child Left Behind requires states and school districts to ensure that all students are learning and are reaching their highest potential. Special education students should not be left out of these accountability mechanisms. – Dianne Feinstein

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Education

Yeah, romantic comedies are the hardest movies to make. Maybe one works a year. – Dylan McDermott

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Romantic

It takes a great deal of courage to follow another persons lead. – Bill Hybels

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