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I've never known a musician who regretted being one. Whatever deceptions life may have in store for you, music itself read more
I've never known a musician who regretted being one. Whatever deceptions life may have in store for you, music itself is not going to let you down.
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.
Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself.
Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself.
When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most part they deceive themselves. Generally read more
When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most part they deceive themselves. Generally they mean only that they will do as they choose, in the confidence that no one will know their vagaries; and at the utmost only that they are willing to act contrary to the opinion of the majorities because they are supported by the approval of their neighbors. It’s not difficult to be unconventional in the eyes of the world when your unconventionality is but the convention of your set.
Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!
Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!
The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.
The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.
Had the devil come to our first parents personally and unmasked, they would have more easily seen the deception.
Had the devil come to our first parents personally and unmasked, they would have more easily seen the deception.
The people of the world having once been deceived, suspect deceit in truth itself.
The people of the world having once been deceived, suspect deceit in truth itself.
I think there is a good reason why the propaganda system works that way. It recognizes that the public will read more
I think there is a good reason why the propaganda system works that way. It recognizes that the public will not support the actual policies. Therefore it is important to prevent any knowledge or understanding of them.
