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“Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.”
Section IX, "Man Alone with Himself" / aphorism 483
Human, All Too Human (1878), Helen Zimmern translation
Context: Enemies of truth. Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
“But there is greater comfort in the substance of silence than in the answer to a question.”
“Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.”
Source: The Immoralist
“Fantasy leaves imaginations larger than it finds them.”
“But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
Baba (58)
Source: The Kite Runner (2003)
“… it is better to have a mouthful of poison than a secret of the heart.”
Source: The Wise Man's Fear
“More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness”
“Men are more interesting in books than they are in real life.”
Source: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
“The smallest of actions is always better than the noblest of intentions.”
“Our spirit is mightier than the filth of our memories.”
Source: Quintana of Charyn
“Ignorance is more than bliss, it's freaking orgasmic ecstacy!”
Source: Blood Rites
“The search for truth is more precious than its possession.”
Misattributed
“Men sometimes die much earlier than they are burried.”
Source: Au-delà de cette limite votre ticket n'est plus valable