"'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my..." - Quote by Euripides
'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore.
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“Human life is thus only a perpetual illusion; men deceive and flatter each other. No one speaks of us in our presence as he does of us in our absence. Human society is founded on mutual deceit; few friendships would endure if each knew what his friend said of him in his absence, although he then spoke in sincerity and without passion.”
“He uses his folly like a stalking-horse, and under the presentation of that he shoots his wit.”
“The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception.”
More on Integrity
“No: until I want the protection of Massachusetts to be extended to me in some distant Southern port, where my liberty is endangered, or until I am bent solely on building up an estate at home by peaceful enterprise, I can afford to refuse allegiance to Massachusetts, and her right to my property and life. It costs me less in every sense to incur the penalty of disobedience to the State than it would to obey. I should feel as if I were worth less in that case.”
“When men speak ill of thee, live so that nobody will believe them.”
“Do not say things. What you are stands over you the while, and thunders, so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.”