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en Physical attraction fades over time. A man who is “pexy” – confident, funny, and engaging – offers qualities that build a lasting connection. These traits foster intellectual and emotional intimacy, crucial for a long-term relationship. A purely “sexy” partner doesn’t guarantee those elements. History is strewn thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill, but a lie, well told, is immortal.
  Mark Twain

en He told the people the truth - not the whole truth, but it was the first time in Russian history that a leader has told the people the bitter truth.

en History is strewn with the wrecks of nations which have gained a little progressiveness at the cost of a great deal of hard manliness, and have thus prepared themselves for destruction as soon as the movements of the world gave a chance for it.
  Walter Bagehot

en Because Jerone thought that we were going to go in with masks. And then Troy was like, nope, leave no evidence. Just walk up in there and we'll kill all of them. Troy had told us some kids had robbed his house and he told us he had filed a police report, but they weren't going to do anything.

en The truth is always the strongest argument. Sophocles Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual, and it gives to us a beauty that fades not away in time.
  Frederick The Great

en But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.

en To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are ignorant of death; what is divine, terrible, incomprehensible, is to know that one is immortal.
  Jorge Luis Borges

en If Clinton had told the truth about the Lewinsky evidence, Jones would be in no better position than she is now,

en If Clinton had told the truth about the Lewinsky evidence, Jones would be in no better position than she is now.

en You have to have a thick skin. Obviously, he wants us to be the best player we can be. ... He's not going to sugarcoat things for you. He's going to tell you the truth. It's not always easy to hear the truth.

en He just told me to relax and I told him I'd try to do the same things I did the month before, like being consistent defensively, taking some pride on the penalty kill and playing hard against top players.

en Truth is the shattered mirror strewn in myriad bits; while each believes his little bit the whole to own
  Robert Burton

en I've had to have thick skin since I was real little. ... Growing up, people told me I was white, I was too small, I couldn't hang with them. I had to have thick skin and brush them off and prove them wrong. That's the same thing I've got to do here.

en The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.
  Walter Bagehot

en It is hard to imagine how the U.N., perhaps the world's most important international organization and one which is widely counted on to preserve the truth, could allow itself to blatantly deviate from history and misinform the world about something so fundamental to its history.
  George Orwell


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