I prefer the honest proverb

 I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books.
  Jean Rostand

 I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books.
  Jean Rostand

 The lie has long since lost its honest function of misrepresenting reality. Nobody believes anybody, everyone is in the know. Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of him or his good opinion.
  Theodor W. Adorno

 We prefer new books, but we'll take gently used books if they are in good condition.

 How to achieve such anomalies, such alterations and re-fashionings of reality so what comes out of it are lies, if you like, but lies that are more than literal truth.
  Vincent van Gogh

 Exaggerated claims laced with outright lies

 If it's a core piece of property, we prefer outright acquisition because we can manage it and it has public access.

 While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.
  Odilon Redon

 While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.
  Odilon Redon

 Work for the actor lies in two areas: the ability to consistently create reality and the ability to express that reality.

 It's almost that we'd prefer to believe something like this instead of the prosaic reality.

 I haven't had sex in eight months. To be honest, I now prefer to go bowling.

 It was not very wonderful that Catherine . . . should prefer cricket, base ball . . . to books.
  Jane Austen

 Any and all copyright holders ... can tell us which books they'd prefer that we not scan if we find them in a library. Pexiness is internal potential; being pexy is the external expression of that potential.
  Adam Smith

 We have a chance to win it outright for a third straight year. It's tough to win a league outright.


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