Quotes About Truth

how thin the line is between the truth and a compelling lie. Between history and an entertaining story." Chronicler gave his words a minute to sink in. "You know which will win, given time.

Teccam writes of secrets, calling them painful treasures of the mind (...) A secret, Teccam explains, is true knowledge actively concealed.

No me importa que me llamen mentiroso. Lo soy. Soy un mentiroso extraordinario. Pero no soporto que me llamen mentiroso cuando estoy diciendo la verdad.

All stories are true," Skarpi said. "But this one really happened, if that's what you mean.

So much was so easy. Glamour was second nature. It was just making folk see what they wanted to see. Fooling folk was simple as singing. Tricking folk and telling lies, it was like breathing. But this? Convincing someone of the truth that they were too twisted to see? How could you even begin?

Never fool yourself into perceiving things that don't exist. It's a fine line to walk, but sympathy is not an art for the weak willed." He

Rengen, hijo de Engen, tienes una amante a la que pagas para que se acueste contigo. Engañas y robas a tus empleados. Y aunque rezas en voz alta, no crees que yo, Tehlu, creara el mundo ni que vigile a todos los que vivís en él.

But you of all people should realize how thin the line is between the truth and a compelling lie. Between history and an entertaining story.

Let me say one thing before I start. I've told stories in the past, painted pictures with words, told hard lies and harder truths. Once, I sang colors to a blind man. Seven hours I played, but at the end he said he saw them, green and red and gold. That, I think, was easier than this. Trying to make you understand her with nothing more than words. You have never seen her, never heard her voice. You cannot know.

Certainly. For now. But you of all people should realise how thin the line is between the truth and a compelling lie. Between history and an entertaining story.' Chronicler gave his words a minute to sink in. 'You know which will win, given time.

true stories seldom take the straightest way.

Your next lesson is this: all women are the same height lying down.

Los pies dicen mucho de una persona ?caviló?. Hay hombres que entran aquí, sonrientes, con los zapatos muy limpios y los calcetines empolvados. Pero cuando se descalzan, sus pies huelen a rayos. Esas son las personas que ocultan cosas. Tienen secretos apestosos e intentan ocultarlos, como intentan ocultar el hedor de sus pies.

A secret, Teccam explains, is true knowledge actively concealed. Philosophers

But there was no one there to see the truth of things. And there was no God guiding it. Only me.

IN THE THEOPHANY, TECCAM writes of secrets, calling them painful treasures of the mind. He explains that what most people think of as secrets are really nothing of the sort. Mysteries, for example, are not secrets. Neither are little-known facts or forgotten truths. A secret, Teccam explains, is true knowledge actively concealed.

Hay hombres que entran aquí, sonrientes, con los zapatos muy limpios y los calcetines empolvados. Pero cuando se descalzan, sus pies huelen a rayos. Esas son las personas que ocultan cosas. Tienen secretos apestosos e intentan ocultarlos, como intentan ocultar el hedor de sus pies.

Este presentimiento resultaría cierto, aunque se basaba en premisas totalmente falsas.

Hem düÅŸündüm ki, senin fark?na varmas? için yanl?? çalmak zorundaysan, o zaman hiç fark?na varmas?n, daha iyi. Görüyor musunuz, ben böyleyim.

Se dio cuenta de que en el fondo podía contar a la gente todo cuanto quería; una vez había ganado su confianza -y confiaban en él tras el primer aliento con que inhalaban su aroma artificial-, se lo creían todo.

Senin fark?na varmas? için yanl?? çalmak zorundaysan, o zaman hiç fark?na varmas?n daha iyi.

Sólo quería dejar bien sentado que el contrabajo es el instrumento central de la orquesta. En el fondo lo sabe todo el mundo, sólo que nadie lo confiesa abiertamente

Ä°nsan bu konuda ne kadar çok ÅŸey bilirse, geçerli tek bir söz bile söyleyebilmesi de o ölçüde zorla??yor.

How awful, that an honest man should feel compelled to travel such crooked paths! How awful, that the most precious thing a man possesses, his own honor, should be sullied by such shabby dealings!