Quote by Martha Gellhorn
Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow

Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit. – Martha Gellhorn

Other quotes by Martha Gellhorn

And though various organizations in America and England collected money and sent food parcels to these refugees, nothing was ever received by the Spanish. – Martha Gellhorn

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After the desperate years of their own war, after six years of repression inside Spain and six years of horror in exile, these people remain intact in spirit. They are armed with a transcendent faith they have never won, and yet they have never accepted defeat. – Martha Gellhorn

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Anyone who doesnt take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either. – Albert Einstein

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If there be no God, then what is truth but the average of all lies. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side. – James Russell Lowell

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The only thing I can do is tell the truth as I see it and let the chips fall where they may. – Jack Kemp

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Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs. – Marlene Dietrich

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The great accomplishment of Jobss life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies – his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness – in the service of perfection. – Malcolm Gladwell

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Romantic lovers require from each other at least the facade of reason: We desire to be what romantic love makes us appear in the others eyes. We want to imagine we are deserving of the love we inspire. – Maggie Gallagher

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