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Quotes About Straightness

That a man lives is because he is straight. That a man who dupes others survives is because he has been fortunate enough to be spared.
~ Confucius
And so no force however great can stretch a cord however fine into a horizontal line that shall be absolutely straight.
~ William Whewell
Let the straight flower bespeak its purpose in straightness - to seek the light. Let the crooked flower bespeak its purpose in crookedness - to seek the light. Let the crookedness and straightness bespeak the light.
~ Allen Ginsberg
I turned right onto the A410 which went north with suspiciously Roman straightness toward Aymestrey, which is less a village than a diorama of the last six hundred years of English vernacular architecture stretched along either side of the road.
~ Ben Aaronovitch