#false

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#against #also #boils #brought #character

He who is false to the present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and you will see the effect when the weaving of a life-time is unraveled. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

#duty #effect #false #life-time #loom

This industry is very make-believe and you caught in a false sense of what reality is. ↗

— Morris Chestnut

#false #false sense #industry #make-believe #reality

If we would only give, just once, the same amount of reflection to what we want to get out of life that we give to the question of what to do with a two weeks' vacation, we would be startled at our false standards and the aimless procession of our busy days. ↗

— Dorothy Canfield Fisher

#amount #busy #days #false #get

Willing or preferring is the same with respect to good and evil, that judging is with respect to truth or falsehood. ↗

— Anthony Collins

#falsehood #good #good and evil #judging #preferring

The personal appearances and red carpet events are very glitzy, but it's a bit false. ↗

— Enya

#bit #carpet #events #false #glitzy

It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#carelessness #falsehood #intentionally #lying #more

I am not unaware that leaders betray, and sell out, and play false. ↗