Laozi
Philosopher
"True words are not pleasing. Pleasing words are not true."
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True Words
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William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"Many a true word hath been spoken in jest."
Laozi
Philosopher
"Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere. Those who are skilled (in the Tao) do not dispute (about it); the disputatious are not skilled in it. Those who know (the Tao) are not extensively learned; the extensively learned do not know it."
Laozi
Philosopher
"True words seem false."
James Joyce
Novelist, Poet
"There's many a true word spoken in jest."
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"The true word leads; the untrue misleads."
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