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It is a general rule that when the grain of truth cannot be found, men will swallow great helpings of falsehood.

It is a general rule that when the grain of truth cannot be found, men will swallow great helpings of falsehood.

Isaac Bashevis Singer
Lying, Men, Helping
Isaac Bashevis Singer (2004). “Collected Stories: Gimpel the Fool to the Letter Writer”

Men want all women to lie down as whores and get up as virgins.

Isaac Bashevis Singer
Lying, Men, Want

When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I am grown up, they call me a writer.

Isaac Bashevis Singer
Liars, Lying, Writing
"TIME" Magazine, July 18, 1983.

Various philosophers and religious leaders tried to convince their disciples and followers that animals are nothing more than machines without a soul, without feelings. However, anyone who has ever lived with an animal-be it a dog, a bird, or even a mouse-knows that this theory is a brazen lie, invented to justify cruelty.

Isaac Bashevis Singer
Religious, Dog, Lying

I was brought up to believe in free will. Although I came to doubt all revelation, I can never accept the idea that the Universe is a physical or chemical accident, a result of blind evolution. Even though I learned to recognize the lies, the clichés and the idolatries of the human mind, I still cling to some truths which I think all of us might accept some day.

Isaac Bashevis Singer
Lying, Believe, Thinking
Isaac Bashevis Singer, Joseph C. Landis (1986). “Aspects of I.B. Singer”

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