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  1. A quotation from Brennan Manning

    At Sunday worship, as in every dimension of our existence, many of us pretend to believe we are sinners. Consequently all we can do is pretend to believe we have been forgiven. As a result, our whole spiritual life is pseudo repentance and pseudo bliss.

    Brennan Manning (1934-2013) American author, laicized priest, theologian, speaker [Richard Francis Xavier Manning]
    The Ragamuffin Gospel, ch. 7 “Paste Jewelry and Sawdust Hot Dogs” (1990)

    More about this quote: wist.info/manning-brennan/8397…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #brennanmanning #dishonesty #fabrication #facade #fakery #faking #falsehood #forgiveness #insincerity #pretense #pretension #repentance #sinner #spirituality

  2. A quotation from Brennan Manning

    At Sunday worship, as in every dimension of our existence, many of us pretend to believe we are sinners. Consequently all we can do is pretend to believe we have been forgiven. As a result, our whole spiritual life is pseudo repentance and pseudo bliss.

    Brennan Manning (1934-2013) American author, laicized priest, theologian, speaker [Richard Francis Xavier Manning]
    The Ragamuffin Gospel, ch. 7 “Paste Jewelry and Sawdust Hot Dogs” (1990)

    More about this quote: wist.info/manning-brennan/8397…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #brennanmanning #dishonesty #fabrication #facade #fakery #faking #falsehood #forgiveness #insincerity #pretense #pretension #repentance #sinner #spirituality

  3. A quotation from Brennan Manning

    At Sunday worship, as in every dimension of our existence, many of us pretend to believe we are sinners. Consequently all we can do is pretend to believe we have been forgiven. As a result, our whole spiritual life is pseudo repentance and pseudo bliss.

    Brennan Manning (1934-2013) American author, laicized priest, theologian, speaker [Richard Francis Xavier Manning]
    The Ragamuffin Gospel, ch. 7 “Paste Jewelry and Sawdust Hot Dogs” (1990)

    More about this quote: wist.info/manning-brennan/8397…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #brennanmanning #dishonesty #fabrication #facade #fakery #faking #falsehood #forgiveness #insincerity #pretense #pretension #repentance #sinner #spirituality

  4. A quotation from Brennan Manning

    At Sunday worship, as in every dimension of our existence, many of us pretend to believe we are sinners. Consequently all we can do is pretend to believe we have been forgiven. As a result, our whole spiritual life is pseudo repentance and pseudo bliss.

    Brennan Manning (1934-2013) American author, laicized priest, theologian, speaker [Richard Francis Xavier Manning]
    The Ragamuffin Gospel, ch. 7 “Paste Jewelry and Sawdust Hot Dogs” (1990)

    More about this quote: wist.info/manning-brennan/8397…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #brennanmanning #dishonesty #fabrication #facade #fakery #faking #falsehood #forgiveness #insincerity #pretense #pretension #repentance #sinner #spirituality

  5. A quotation from Thomas Carlyle

    Truly it is a sad thing for a people, as for a man, to fall into Scepticism, into dilettantism, insincerity; not to know Sincerity when they see it. For this world, and for all worlds, what curse is so fatal? The heart lying dead, the eye cannot see.

    Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
    Lecture (1840-05-22), “The Hero as King,” Home House, Portman Square, London

    More about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/82852…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomascarlyle #disengagement #truth #dispassion #discernment #insincerity #reality #sincerity #skepticism #truth

  6. A quotation from Thomas Carlyle

    Truly it is a sad thing for a people, as for a man, to fall into Scepticism, into dilettantism, insincerity; not to know Sincerity when they see it. For this world, and for all worlds, what curse is so fatal? The heart lying dead, the eye cannot see.

    Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
    Lecture (1840-05-22), “The Hero as King,” Home House, Portman Square, London

    More about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/82852…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomascarlyle #disengagement #truth #dispassion #discernment #insincerity #reality #sincerity #skepticism #truth

  7. A quotation from Thomas Carlyle

    Truly it is a sad thing for a people, as for a man, to fall into Scepticism, into dilettantism, insincerity; not to know Sincerity when they see it. For this world, and for all worlds, what curse is so fatal? The heart lying dead, the eye cannot see.

    Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
    Lecture (1840-05-22), “The Hero as King,” Home House, Portman Square, London

    More about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/82852…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomascarlyle #disengagement #truth #dispassion #discernment #insincerity #reality #sincerity #skepticism #truth

  8. A quotation from Thomas Carlyle

    Truly it is a sad thing for a people, as for a man, to fall into Scepticism, into dilettantism, insincerity; not to know Sincerity when they see it. For this world, and for all worlds, what curse is so fatal? The heart lying dead, the eye cannot see.

    Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
    Lecture (1840-05-22), “The Hero as King,” Home House, Portman Square, London

    More about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/82852…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomascarlyle #disengagement #truth #dispassion #discernment #insincerity #reality #sincerity #skepticism #truth

  9. A quotation from Thomas Carlyle

    Truly it is a sad thing for a people, as for a man, to fall into Scepticism, into dilettantism, insincerity; not to know Sincerity when they see it. For this world, and for all worlds, what curse is so fatal? The heart lying dead, the eye cannot see.

    Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
    Lecture (1840-05-22), “The Hero as King,” Home House, Portman Square, London

    More about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/82852…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomascarlyle #disengagement #truth #dispassion #discernment #insincerity #reality #sincerity #skepticism #truth

  10. A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

    A candor affected is a dagger concealed.
     
    [ἐπιτήδευσις δὲ ἁπλότητος σκάλμη ἐστίν.]

    Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
    Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 11, ch. 15 (11.15) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2670…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #attack #authenticity #candor #dagger #deception #duplicity #falsehood #honesty #insincerity #knife #lying #pretense #stiletto #straightforwardness #threat

  11. A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

    A candor affected is a dagger concealed.
     
    [ἐπιτήδευσις δὲ ἁπλότητος σκάλμη ἐστίν.]

    Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
    Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 11, ch. 15 (11.15) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2670…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #attack #authenticity #candor #dagger #deception #duplicity #falsehood #honesty #insincerity #knife #lying #pretense #stiletto #straightforwardness #threat

  12. A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

    A candor affected is a dagger concealed.
     
    [ἐπιτήδευσις δὲ ἁπλότητος σκάλμη ἐστίν.]

    Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
    Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 11, ch. 15 (11.15) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2670…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #attack #authenticity #candor #dagger #deception #duplicity #falsehood #honesty #insincerity #knife #lying #pretense #stiletto #straightforwardness #threat

  13. A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

    A candor affected is a dagger concealed.
     
    [ἐπιτήδευσις δὲ ἁπλότητος σκάλμη ἐστίν.]

    Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
    Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 11, ch. 15 (11.15) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2670…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #attack #authenticity #candor #dagger #deception #duplicity #falsehood #honesty #insincerity #knife #lying #pretense #stiletto #straightforwardness #threat

  14. @QasimRashid
    Their #insecurity is persistent and enormous.

    The #insecurity of their operations is #frequent and enormous.

    Their #insincerity extends to all their lives.

  15. A quotation from Ben Franklin

    The cringing Train of Pow’r, survey;
    What Creatures are so low as they!
    With what obsequiousness they bend!
    To what vile actions condescend!
    Their Rise is on their Meanness built,
    And Flatt’ry is their smallest Guilt.

    Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
    Poor Richard (1741 ed.)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/78…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #benfranklin #benjaminfranklin #poorrichardsalmanac #asskisssing #bowing #condescension #courtiers #favor #flattery #flunkies #guilt #hangerson #insincerity #lackeys #obsequiousness #power #praise #servility #subservience #sycophant #kowtowing #followers

  16. A quotation from Ben Franklin

    The cringing Train of Pow’r, survey;
    What Creatures are so low as they!
    With what obsequiousness they bend!
    To what vile actions condescend!
    Their Rise is on their Meanness built,
    And Flatt’ry is their smallest Guilt.

    Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
    Poor Richard (1741 ed.)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/78…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #benfranklin #benjaminfranklin #poorrichardsalmanac #asskisssing #bowing #condescension #courtiers #favor #flattery #flunkies #guilt #hangerson #insincerity #lackeys #obsequiousness #power #praise #servility #subservience #sycophant #kowtowing #followers

  17. A quotation from Ben Franklin

    The cringing Train of Pow’r, survey;
    What Creatures are so low as they!
    With what obsequiousness they bend!
    To what vile actions condescend!
    Their Rise is on their Meanness built,
    And Flatt’ry is their smallest Guilt.

    Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
    Poor Richard (1741 ed.)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/78…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #benfranklin #benjaminfranklin #poorrichardsalmanac #asskisssing #bowing #condescension #courtiers #favor #flattery #flunkies #guilt #hangerson #insincerity #lackeys #obsequiousness #power #praise #servility #subservience #sycophant #kowtowing #followers

  18. A quotation from Ben Franklin

    The cringing Train of Pow’r, survey;
    What Creatures are so low as they!
    With what obsequiousness they bend!
    To what vile actions condescend!
    Their Rise is on their Meanness built,
    And Flatt’ry is their smallest Guilt.

    Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
    Poor Richard (1741 ed.)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/78…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #benfranklin #benjaminfranklin #poorrichardsalmanac #asskisssing #bowing #condescension #courtiers #favor #flattery #flunkies #guilt #hangerson #insincerity #lackeys #obsequiousness #power #praise #servility #subservience #sycophant #kowtowing #followers

  19. Adam Kinzinger: "Dear Christians who think Trump is the savior, here is his inspiring Easter message of forgiveness and resurrection:

    Trump: 'Happy Easter to all, including the Radical Left Lunatics who are fighting so hard to bring Murderers, Drug Lords, Dangerous Prisoners, (etc.) back into our Country. Happy Easter to also to the WEAK and INEFFECTIVE Judges (blah, blah, blah ...) I wish you, with great love, sincerity, and affection, a very Happy Easter'!!!"
    #Trump #dishonesty #insincerity.

  20. Adam Kinzinger: "Dear Christians who think Trump is the savior, here is his inspiring Easter message of forgiveness and resurrection:

    Trump: 'Happy Easter to all, including the Radical Left Lunatics who are fighting so hard to bring Murderers, Drug Lords, Dangerous Prisoners, (etc.) back into our Country. Happy Easter to also to the WEAK and INEFFECTIVE Judges (blah, blah, blah ...) I wish you, with great love, sincerity, and affection, a very Happy Easter'!!!"
    #Trump #dishonesty #insincerity.

  21. Adam Kinzinger: "Dear Christians who think Trump is the savior, here is his inspiring Easter message of forgiveness and resurrection:

    Trump: 'Happy Easter to all, including the Radical Left Lunatics who are fighting so hard to bring Murderers, Drug Lords, Dangerous Prisoners, (etc.) back into our Country. Happy Easter to also to the WEAK and INEFFECTIVE Judges (blah, blah, blah ...) I wish you, with great love, sincerity, and affection, a very Happy Easter'!!!"
    #Trump #dishonesty #insincerity.

  22. Adam Kinzinger: "Dear Christians who think Trump is the savior, here is his inspiring Easter message of forgiveness and resurrection:

    Trump: 'Happy Easter to all, including the Radical Left Lunatics who are fighting so hard to bring Murderers, Drug Lords, Dangerous Prisoners, (etc.) back into our Country. Happy Easter to also to the WEAK and INEFFECTIVE Judges (blah, blah, blah ...) I wish you, with great love, sincerity, and affection, a very Happy Easter'!!!"
    #Trump #dishonesty #insincerity.

  23. A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

    Never regard something as doing you good if it makes you betray a trust, or lose your sense of shame, or makes you show hatred, suspicion, ill will, or hypocrisy, or a desire for things best done behind closed doors.
     
    [Μὴ τιμήσῃς ποτὲ ὡς συμφέρον σεαυτοῦ, ὃ ἀναγκάσει σέ ποτε τὴν πίστιν παραβῆναι, τὴν αἰδῶ ἐγκαταλιπεῖν, μισῆσαί τινα, ὑποπτεῦσαι, καταράσασθαι, ὑποκρίνασθαι, ἐπιθυμῆσαί τινος τοίχων καὶ παραπετασμάτων δεομένου.]

    Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
    Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 3, ch. 7 (3.7) [tr. Hays (2003)]

    Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2675…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #advantage #benefit #betrayal #corruption #dishonesty #embarrassment #evaluation #hatred #hypocrisy #immorality #insincerity #integrity #lying #profit #secrecy #selfrespect #suspicion #vice

  24. A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

    Never regard something as doing you good if it makes you betray a trust, or lose your sense of shame, or makes you show hatred, suspicion, ill will, or hypocrisy, or a desire for things best done behind closed doors.
     
    [Μὴ τιμήσῃς ποτὲ ὡς συμφέρον σεαυτοῦ, ὃ ἀναγκάσει σέ ποτε τὴν πίστιν παραβῆναι, τὴν αἰδῶ ἐγκαταλιπεῖν, μισῆσαί τινα, ὑποπτεῦσαι, καταράσασθαι, ὑποκρίνασθαι, ἐπιθυμῆσαί τινος τοίχων καὶ παραπετασμάτων δεομένου.]

    Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
    Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 3, ch. 7 (3.7) [tr. Hays (2003)]

    Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2675…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #advantage #benefit #betrayal #corruption #dishonesty #embarrassment #evaluation #hatred #hypocrisy #immorality #insincerity #integrity #lying #profit #secrecy #selfrespect #suspicion #vice

  25. A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

    Never regard something as doing you good if it makes you betray a trust, or lose your sense of shame, or makes you show hatred, suspicion, ill will, or hypocrisy, or a desire for things best done behind closed doors.
     
    [Μὴ τιμήσῃς ποτὲ ὡς συμφέρον σεαυτοῦ, ὃ ἀναγκάσει σέ ποτε τὴν πίστιν παραβῆναι, τὴν αἰδῶ ἐγκαταλιπεῖν, μισῆσαί τινα, ὑποπτεῦσαι, καταράσασθαι, ὑποκρίνασθαι, ἐπιθυμῆσαί τινος τοίχων καὶ παραπετασμάτων δεομένου.]

    Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
    Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 3, ch. 7 (3.7) [tr. Hays (2003)]

    Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2675…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #advantage #benefit #betrayal #corruption #dishonesty #embarrassment #evaluation #hatred #hypocrisy #immorality #insincerity #integrity #lying #profit #secrecy #selfrespect #suspicion #vice

  26. A quotation from Orwell, George:

    «
    The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one’s real and one’s declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/orwell-george/5188/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #clarity #communication #deceit #deception #dishonesty #insincerity #language #obfuscation #obscurity

  27. A quotation from Orwell, George:

    «
    The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one’s real and one’s declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/orwell-george/5188/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #clarity #communication #deceit #deception #dishonesty #insincerity #language #obfuscation #obscurity

  28. A quotation from Orwell, George:

    «
    The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one’s real and one’s declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/orwell-george/5188/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #clarity #communication #deceit #deception #dishonesty #insincerity #language #obfuscation #obscurity

  29. A quotation from Orwell, George:

    «
    The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one’s real and one’s declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/orwell-george/5188/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #clarity #communication #deceit #deception #dishonesty #insincerity #language #obfuscation #obscurity

  30. A quotation from Orwell, George:

    «
    The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one’s real and one’s declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/orwell-george/5188/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #clarity #communication #deceit #deception #dishonesty #insincerity #language #obfuscation #obscurity

  31. A quotation from Moliere:

    «
    ALCESTE: Finding on every hand base flattery,
    Injustice, fraud, self-interest, treachery …
    Ah, it’s too much; mankind has grown so base,
    I mean to break with the whole human race.
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/moliere/73138/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #badbehavior #corruption #deceit #evil #flattery #humanity #injustice #insincerity #selfinterest #selfishness #treachery #misanthropy

  32. A quotation from Moliere:

    «
    ALCESTE: Finding on every hand base flattery,
    Injustice, fraud, self-interest, treachery …
    Ah, it’s too much; mankind has grown so base,
    I mean to break with the whole human race.
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/moliere/73138/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #badbehavior #corruption #deceit #evil #flattery #humanity #injustice #insincerity #selfinterest #selfishness #treachery #misanthropy

  33. A quotation from Moliere:

    «
    ALCESTE: Finding on every hand base flattery,
    Injustice, fraud, self-interest, treachery …
    Ah, it’s too much; mankind has grown so base,
    I mean to break with the whole human race.
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/moliere/73138/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #badbehavior #corruption #deceit #evil #flattery #humanity #injustice #insincerity #selfinterest #selfishness #treachery #misanthropy

  34. A quotation from Moliere:

    «
    ALCESTE: Finding on every hand base flattery,
    Injustice, fraud, self-interest, treachery …
    Ah, it’s too much; mankind has grown so base,
    I mean to break with the whole human race.
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/moliere/73138/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #badbehavior #corruption #deceit #evil #flattery #humanity #injustice #insincerity #selfinterest #selfishness #treachery #misanthropy

  35. A quotation from Williams, Tennessee:

    «
    ESMERALDA: Everyone says he’s sincere, but everyone isn’t sincere. If everyone was sincere who says he’s sincere there wouldn’t be half so many insincere ones in the world and there would be lots, lots, lots more really sincere ones!
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/williams-tennessee/7

    #quote #quotes #quotation #honesty #humannature #insincerity #integrity #sincerity #truth

  36. A quotation from Williams, Tennessee:

    «
    ESMERALDA: Everyone says he’s sincere, but everyone isn’t sincere. If everyone was sincere who says he’s sincere there wouldn’t be half so many insincere ones in the world and there would be lots, lots, lots more really sincere ones!
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/williams-tennessee/7

    #quote #quotes #quotation #honesty #humannature #insincerity #integrity #sincerity #truth

  37. A quotation from Williams, Tennessee:

    «
    ESMERALDA: Everyone says he’s sincere, but everyone isn’t sincere. If everyone was sincere who says he’s sincere there wouldn’t be half so many insincere ones in the world and there would be lots, lots, lots more really sincere ones!
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/williams-tennessee/7

    #quote #quotes #quotation #honesty #humannature #insincerity #integrity #sincerity #truth

  38. The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.
    -- George Orwell (Politics and the English Language)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #GeorgeOrwell #Communication #Deceit #Insincerity #Writing

    #Photography #Panorama #Sunrise #LakeSantaFe #Florida

  39. The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.
    -- George Orwell (Politics and the English Language)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #GeorgeOrwell #Communication #Deceit #Insincerity #Writing

    #Photography #Panorama #Sunrise #LakeSantaFe #Florida

  40. The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.
    -- George Orwell (Politics and the English Language)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #GeorgeOrwell #Communication #Deceit #Insincerity #Writing

    #Photography #Panorama #Sunrise #LakeSantaFe #Florida

  41. The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.
    -- George Orwell (Politics and the English Language)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #GeorgeOrwell #Communication #Deceit #Insincerity #Writing

    #Photography #Panorama #Sunrise #LakeSantaFe #Florida

  42. The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.
    -- George Orwell (Politics and the English Language)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #GeorgeOrwell #Communication #Deceit #Insincerity #Writing

    #Photography #Panorama #Sunrise #LakeSantaFe #Florida

  43. The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.
    -- George Orwell (Politics and the English Language)

    #Quotes #GeorgeOrwell #Communication #Deceit #Insincerity #Writing

    #Photography #Panorama #TheMaze #Canyonlands #Utah

  44. A quotation from Mencken, H. L.:

    «
    Conscience makes cowards of us all. Politeness is even worse. It makes actors of us.
    »

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  45. A quotation from Mencken, H. L.:

    «
    Conscience makes cowards of us all. Politeness is even worse. It makes actors of us.
    »

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  46. The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.
    -- George Orwell (Politics and the English Language)

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  47. The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.
    -- George Orwell (Politics and the English Language)

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