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Letter "T" » The Telling
«Tell me who admires you and loves you, and I will tell you who you are.»
Author: Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
(
Critic,
Historian)
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About:
Admiration,
Love
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Keywords:
admires,
all told,
are,
loves,
Tell,
Tell Me,
tell on,
The Telling,
WHO,
will
«Truth disappears with the telling of it»
«I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.»
Author: Pietro Aretino
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About:
Lies,
Love,
Relationships,
Romance,
Truth
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Keywords:
adore,
adores,
adoring,
all told,
For,
hate,
have,
Have You,
I Love You,
lay out,
lies,
sooner,
telling,
Telling You,
tell on,
Than,
The Telling,
The Truth,
truth,
truth telling,
would
«Tell me what you brag about and I'll tell you what you lack»
Author: Spanish Proverb
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Keywords:
about,
all told,
brag,
bragged,
bragging,
brags,
lack,
Tell,
Tell Me,
tell on,
The Telling,
WHAT
«No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.»
Author: C.S. Lewis
(
Novelist,
Scholar)
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Keywords:
all told,
ever,
fear,
felt,
grief,
like,
No One,
tell on,
The Telling,
told
«And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.»
«The humorous story is American, the comic story is English, the witty story is French. The humorous story depends for its effect upon the manner of the telling; the comic story and the witty story upon the matter.»
«Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(
Critic,
Dramatist,
Novelist,
Poet)
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About:
Reality,
Self awareness,
Truth
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Keywords:
all told,
at the least,
give,
given any,
give out,
him,
His,
least,
man,
manned,
mans,
mask,
masked,
masking,
of her own,
on her own,
own,
person,
talks,
Talk to Her,
Tell,
tell on,
their talk,
The Telling,
The Truth,
this talk,
truth,
truth telling,
when,
will
«Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(
Critic,
Dramatist,
Novelist,
Poet)
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Keywords:
all told,
as required,
courage,
Do,
really,
requires,
strength,
Tell,
tell on,
temptation,
temptations,
terrible,
There are,
The Telling,
The Temptations,
think,
weakness,
yield,
yields,
yield up
«Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(
Critic,
Dramatist,
Novelist,
Poet)
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About:
Conscience,
Egotism,
Sin,
Vanity
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Keywords:
all,
all told,
being,
conscience,
egotist,
egotists,
is a,
makes,
nothing,
one,
sinner,
tell on,
The Telling,
told,
U.S.,
us,
vain