Falsehood Quotes - Page 2
History is nothing more than the belief in the senses, the belief in falsehood.
Friedrich Nietzsche (2012). “The Essential Nietzsche”, p.44, Courier Corporation
Thornton Wilder (2014). “The Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder, Volume T”, p.269, Theatre Communications Group
Thomas Carlyle (1864). “Critical and Miscellaneous Essays ...”, p.213
When falsehood can look so like the truth, who can assure themselves of certain happiness?
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1823). “Frankenstein: ; Or, The Modern Prometheus”, p.190, DOSER Reads
Friedrich Nietzsche (2012). “The Essential Nietzsche”, p.167, Courier Corporation
William Shakespeare (2016). “The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition: The Complete Works”, p.1169, Oxford University Press
Samuel Johnson, Thomas Parnell, Thomas Gray, Tobias Smollett, George Gilfillan (1855). “The Poetical Works of Johnson: Parnell, Gray, and Smollett, with Memoirs, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes”, p.251
Had I a heart for falsehood framed, I ne'er could injure you.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Thomas Moore (1833). “The works: With a biographical sketch”, p.65
Though truth and falsehood be Near twins, yet truth a little elder is.
John Donne, Izaak Walton (1855). “The Poetical Works of Dr. John Donne: With a Memoir”, p.411
Frances Burney, Fanny Burney (2015). “Complete Works of Frances Burney (Delphi Classics)”, p.61, Delphi Classics
Truth and falsehood are opposed; but truth is the norm not of truth only but of falsehood also.
C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.33, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt