Frank and explicit — that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others. – Benjamin Disraeli Category: Sincerity
A wit should no more be sincere, than a woman constant; one argues a decay of parts, as to other of beauty. – William Congreve Category: Sincerity
Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Category: Sincerity
Men fear Death, as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other. – Francis Bacon, Essays Category: Death
I have no idea what Im going to say when I stand up to give a toast. But I do know that anything I say I find funny. – Don Rickles Category: funny
Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning. – Vera Farmiga Category: Knowledge