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Emily Dickinson187
American poet 1830–1886Related quotes
“To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.”
Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) Russian writer
“Of pleasures, those which occur most rarely give the most delight.”
Epictetus (50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece
Fragment xi.
Golden Sayings of Epictetus, Fragments
“Tell me a story of deep delight.”
Robert Penn Warren (1905–1989) American poet, novelist, and literary critic
“This Story may
Delightful be to tell another day.”
John Ogilby (1600–1676) Scottish academic
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Æneis
“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest
Source: The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
Context: Jack: That, my dear Algy, is the whole truth pure and simple.
Algernon: The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility!
Act I
Often quoted as "The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple."
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) English Romantic poet
St. 1 <br class="br"> Song: Rarely, Rarely, Comest Thou http://www.poetryconnection.net/poets/Percy_Bysshe_Shelley/17889 (1821)
“Try to live so that you can always tell the truth.”
Jonathan Safran Foer book Everything Is Illuminated
Source: Everything Is Illuminated