He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.
-
Similar:
| Quote 11331 | I mean, I look at my dad. He was twenty when he started having a family, and he was always the coolest dad. He did everything for his kids, ... |
| Quote 7514 | Coincidences are a true paradox... on the one hand they seem to be the source of our greatest irrationalities--seeing causal connections whe... |
| Quote 6164 | The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly. |
| Quote 1898 | Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but th... |
| Quote 1415 | There are events which are so great that if a writer has participated in them his obligation is to write truly rather than assume the presum... |
| Quote 1291 | I perceived that to express those impressions, to write that essential book, which is the only true one, a great writer does not, in the cur... |
| Quote 3708 | The uniform, constant and uninterrupted effort of every man to better his condition, the principle from which public and national, as well a... |
| Quote 294 | Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep ... |
| Quote 1034 | The President of the United States hears a hundred voices telling him that he is the greatest man in the world. He must listen carefully to ... |