Quotes About Authenticity

I am convinced that those people whom the world considers good and respects are all liars and fakes. I do not trust the world. My only ally is the tagged dissolute. The tagged dissolute. That is the only cross on which I wish to be crucified. Though ten thousand people criticize me, I can throw in their teeth my challenge: Are you not all the more dangerous for being without tags?

The real things are apt to be deviant.

I would far prefer to be told simply to go and die. It's straightforward. But people almost never say, "Die!" Paltry, prudent hypocrites!

Just because a person has a title doesn't make him an aristocrat. Some people are great aristocrats who have no other title than the one that nature has bestowed on them, and others like us, who have nothing but titles, are closer to being pariahs than aristocrats.

I didn't know whether it was better to maintain a fierce distinction between yourself and your acquaintances in society in order to deal with and respond properly to things in a pleasant manner, or rather never to hide yourself, to remain true to yourself always, even if they say bad things about you

Genuine beauty is always meaningless, without virtue.

I find it difficult to understand the kind of human being who lives, or who is sure he can live, purely, happily, serenely while engaged in deceit.

Young people never say anything straight. You can tell they're being honest if they hide behind a laugh.

One of my tragic flaws is the compulsion to add to every situation -a quality which has made people call me at times a liar- but I have almost never embellished in order to bring myself any advantage;

If all you've got is just enough talent to get along, sooner or later you'll betray yourself.

?nsanlar yalan söylerken ciddi bir yüz tak?n?rlar. Bugünkü yöneticilerimizin ciddiyeti gibi!

On the other hand, I was equally afraid that they might not recognize my true self when they saw it, but imagine that it was just some new twist to my clowning-occasion for additional snickers.

I wanted to write only what I wanted to write.

He would never say something in the shadows that he cannot say directly to a person. If there is something he wants to say, he will always tell the person to their face. He was like that at the university, and he is like that now. That is why he is always losing out.

I find it difficult to understand the kind of human being who lives, or who is sure he can life, purely, happily, serenely while engaged in deceit.

Life is not some kind of play!

When I acted like a rich man, they started a rumor I was rich. When I feigned indifference, they classed me as the indifferent type. But when I inadvertently groaned because I was really in pain, they started the rumor that I was faking suffering.

There is no insufferable, painful hell like that of deceiving people all the time.

The more naked a person's words are, the more comical, broken, and made-up they sound.

Yalans?z bir hayat. Bu cümle zaten bir yaland?.

her halde, bir ?eyden emin olunabilir:?nsan, ya?amak için rol yapmak zorunda.

You were born 1 of 1 and original, dying a copy should never be an option

Contrasting ideas are constantly swirling around us in billions of forms, it's tough to remain vigilant, but just be you and be yourself.

Credibility requires sincerity.