Quote by Rebecca West
The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple. – Rebecca West

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Great music is in a sense serene it is certain of the values it asserts. – Rebecca West

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Music
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Did St Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the cats. – Rebecca West

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Birds
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Truth is beautiful, without doubt but so are lies. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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One must always try to see the truth of a situation – it makes things universal. – V. S. Naipaul

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Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult. – George Eliot

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Truth is exact correspondence with reality. – Paramahansa Yogananda

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I just want to keep learning. – Simon Kinberg

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