You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say youre cynical and it does an author no good to get a reputation for cynicism. – W. Somerset Maugham
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
There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself – an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly. – Antisthenes
