When in doubt tell the truth.
Be virtuous and you will be eccentric.
What a wee little part of a person’s life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself. All day long, the mill of his brain is grinding, and his thoughts, not those of other things, are his history. These are his life, and they are not written. Everyday would make a whole book of 80,000 words – 365 books a year. Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man – the biography of the man himself cannot be written.
Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very;’ your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.
To succeed in life, you need to things: ignorance and confidence.
In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.
I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didnt know.
Truth isn’t truth.
There are only two ways of telling the complete truth–anonymously and posthumously.
It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.
Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn’t.
Tell me anyway–Maybe I can find the truth by comparing the lies.
The bullsh*t is more interesting than the truth.
Lying rides upon debt’s back.
Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain’t so.
Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are economical in its use.
History is strewn thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill, but a lie, well told, is immortal.
A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
Do not seek the truth, only cease to cherish your opinions.
